2023 Specialty Day Access Pass-What’s New in the Pipeline for Cartilage Surgery

What’s New in the Pipeline for Cartilage Surgery

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Derek Jones from Ochsner discussed advances in cartilage surgery, focusing on improved graft preservation systems like the Missouri Osteochondral Preservation System (MOPS) that store grafts at room temperature, enhancing viability and survival rates over traditional cold storage. He highlighted studies showing that MOPS grafts offer better outcomes for both unipolar and bipolar lesions. He also reviewed the Macy technique, which outperforms microfracture for lesions around 4 cm², maintaining superior improvement at five years. Additionally, viable cartilage fibers and implants like JILI-C show promising cartilage regeneration, proteoglycan, and type II collagen production, with significant functional improvements and defect fills observed in patients up to two years post-op.

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Deryk G. Jones, M.D.

Keywords

cartilage surgery

Missouri Osteochondral Preservation System

MOPS grafts

Macy technique

JILI-C cartilage regeneration