The treatment of articular cartilage injuries remains a challenge because cartilage has a limited capacity for spontaneous repair. Over the past decade, a number of surgical interventions have been developed to produce a durable repair. This article reviews the available treatment options, including their indications, technique, and clinical results, and illustrates the MR imaging appearance of normal repair sites and postoperative complications. KEYWORD Articular cartilage - magnetic resonance imaging - cartilage repair - cartilage transplantation - autologous chondrocyte transplantation - osteochondral transplantation - microfracture
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Alparslan et al. (2001) studied this question.