BioCartilage® and Osteochondral Allografts

Raffy Mirzayan, MD, (Baldwin Park, CA) reviews various clinical cases using BioCartilage and Fresh Osteochondral Allografts (OCA) for cartilage defects. In addition, Dr. Mirzayan discusses strategies and technical pearls related to using StimuBlast™ DBM and PRP with OCA procedures. The principle of BioCartilage is to serve as a scaffold over a microfractured defect, providing a tissue network that can potentially signal autologous cellular interactions and improve the degree and quality of tissue healing within a properly prepared articular cartilage defect. Fresh OCA procedures are an excellent way to treat larger cartilage defects; providing viable chondrocytes allowing for true resurfacing procedures to be performed.