Principles of Cartilage Repair

the long version

Cartilage defects affect patients of all age groups. Surgeons, teamdoctors, general practitioners and physiotherapists alike are expected to provide adequate care. Only individual treatment plans combining a well balanced choice of various options will be successful. In this book, background knowledge, operative and non-operative therapies are described in concise chapters: Articular cartilage biology; Diagnostics; Surgical techniques; Symptomatic and alternative medications; and Physiotherapy. Diagnostic findings and surgical procedures are generously illustrated by aquarelles and colour photographs. Recommendations for additional reading, description of important clinical scoring systems and a listing of analytic tools are added for further information.