Title	Cartilage Surgery and Future Perspectives [electronic resource] / edited by Christian Hendrich, Ulrich Nรถth, Jochen Eulert
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19008-7
Descript	XX, 204p. 109 illus. online resource

The reconstruction of articular cartilage defects is still one of the major challenges for the orthopaedic surgeon. A variety of surgical techniques such as microfracturing, transplantation of osteochondral grafts and the autologeous chondrocyte transplantation have been developed over the last decades. Recent progress in material science and cell and tissue engineering has let to a worldwide increasing number of scientists working on cell-based articular cartilage repair strategies. In a workshop symposium held in Wรผrzburg, Germany, in November 2002 leading scientists from biomedical engineering, basic science and specialized surgeons discussed the state of the art in "Cartilage Surgery and Future Perspectives"

I: Basics -- 1 Anatomy and Biochemistry of Articular Cartilage -- 2 Cartilage Injury and Repair -- II: Clinical Results -- 3 Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation (ACT) โ{128}{148} Long-Term Results -- 4 EURACT Study: A 24-Month Follow-up Multicenter Study of 84 Knees Treated with Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation (ACT) -- 5 Clinical Results of Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation (ACT) Using a Collagen Membrane -- 6 Treatment of Chondral Defects by Matrix-Guided Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI) -- 7 Transplantation of Osteochondral Autografts -- III: Tissue Engineering -- 8 Engineering Cartilage Structures -- IV: Biomaterials -- 9 Homogeneously Cross-Linked Scaffolds Based on Clinical-Grade Alginate for Transplantation and Tissue Engineering -- 10 Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid -- 11 Biodegradable Polymers -- 12 Photo-oxidized Osteochondral Transplants -- V: Cells for Cartilage Repair -- 13 Chondrocytes -- 14 Quality Assurance of Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation (ACT) -- 15 Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Isolation, Characterization and Chondrogenic Differentiation -- VI: Experimental in Vivo Results -- 16 Chondrocytes and Polymer Fleeces -- 17 Chondrocytes and Fibrin Glue -- 18 Chondrocytes and Collagen Gels -- 19 Fabrication of Cartilage-Polymer Constructs for Articular Cartilage Repair -- 20 Differentiation of Human and Murine Chondrogenic Cells Encapsulated in Ultra-High Viscosity Alginate -- VII: Future Perspectives -- 21 Skeletal Tissue Engineering in Cartilage Replacement: Future Perspectives and the New Age of Regenerative Medicine