Treatment options include redirectional osteotomy, arthroscopic and open debridement and microfracture, mosaicplasty, biological resurfacing with periosteum or autologous chondrocyte implantation and, finally, prosthetic resurfacing and total hip arthroplasty.
What does ACI stand for?
ACI stands for Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
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Called autologous chondrocyte implantation, the procedure has outperformed microfracture surgery in some studies, but some patients need follow-up surgery and a nine-year study of implantation patients found that 30 percent didn't improve.
Matrix- induced autologous chondrocyte implantation versus microfracture in the treatment of cartilage defects of the knee: a 2-year randomised study.
Consider autologous chondrocyte implantation a first-line treatment in the young patient with osteoarthritis of the knee who wants to regain the ability to perform physical labor or strenuous sports.
The technique, first developed in Sweden 15 years ago, is known as autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI).
The procedure is known as autologous chondrocyte implantation or ACI, was originally pioneered in Sweden 15 years ago.
More information on autologous chondrocyte implantation for knee injuries is available at www.