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knee cartilage repair (MACI)
Indications:
- osteoarthritis of the knee
Procedure:
- autologous cartilage tissue taken from patient's own knee is expanded ex vivo & attached to a bioresorbable collagen membrane taken from pigs
- it is implanted over damaged or surgically removed areas of knee cartilage
- implants may contain 0.5-1 million cells/cm2
- multiple implants may be used if more than one defect
* surgeons using MACI must receive special training
General
cartilage repair
References
- Gever J
MedPage Today. Dec 13, 2016
Knee Cartilage Repair Product Wins FDA Nod - First of its kind
to be approved, agency says.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Orthopedics/Orthopedics/62055
- FDA News Release. December 13, 2016
FDA approves first autologous cellularized scaffold for the
repair of cartilage defects of the knee.
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm533153.htm