Background: The role of evidence-based medicine in sports medicine and orthopaedic
surgery is rapidly growing. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are also proliferating in …

The management of patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction should be
evidence based. Since our original published guidelines in 1996, successful outcomes have …

Recent developments in 3D printing (3DP) research have led to a variety of scaffold designs
and techniques for osteochondral tissue engineering; however, the simultaneous …

Background: The surfaces of the bones in the knee are covered with articular cartilage, a
rubber-like substance that is very smooth, allowing frictionless movement in the joint and …

Osteochondral defect management and repair remain a significant challenge in orthopedic
surgery. Osteochondral defects contain damage to both the articular cartilage as well as the …

ABSTRACT FLANIGAN, DC, JD HARRIS, TQ TRINH, RA SISTON, and RH BROPHY.
Prevalence of Chondral Defects in Athletes' Knees: A Systematic Review. Med. Sci. Sports …

Background: Few comparative randomized long-term studies on microfracture versus
mosaicplasty have been published, and only 2 studies reported a follow-up of 10 years …

Fresh osteochondral allograft (OCA) transplantation has been used to manage a wide
spectrum of chondral and osteochondral knee disorders. Basic science and clinical studies …

Background: Fresh-stored osteochondral allografts have been used successfully to
resurface large chondral and osteochondral defects of the knee. However, there are limited …

Purpose To perform a systematic review of cartilage repair in athletes' knees to (1)
determine which (if any) of the most commonly implemented surgical techniques help …