Treatment Options for Small Articular Cartilage Lesions
Jack Farr II, MD, (Indianapolis, IN) and Brian Cole, MD, MBA, (Chicago, IL) review the treatment options for small articular cartilage lesions. The available treatment options include debridement, marrow stimulation with the PowerPick™ instrument, Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation (OATS® technique) and BioCartilage® Cartilage Extracellular Matrix to augment a traditional microfracture or marrow stimulation procedure.