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Editorial Commentary: When Performing Cartilage Restoration, Please Don't Put Down the Osteotomy Saw
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Editorial Commentary: When Performing Cartilage Restoration, Please Don't Put Down the Osteotomy Saw

Robert W Westermann
Arthroscopy, Vol.35(1), pp.147-148
01/2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.09.014
PMID: 30611342
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Abstract

Cartilage restoration procedures appear to be increasing in popularity and are being performed more frequently for older patients according to a recent analysis of database data. Chondroplasty and microfracture are most commonly performed; however, chondrocyte transfer procedures, including osteochondral autologous transplantation and autologous chondrocyte implantation, are being performed more commonly. Relatively few corrective osteotomies are being performed in conjunction with these procedures; this is concerning because surgeons are either not looking for malalignment or not correcting it. Please, when performing joint preservation surgery, don't put down the saw!

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