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SUBMITTER: Mirzayan R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205084 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mirzayan Raffy R Cooper Joseph D JD Chahla Jorge J
Arthroscopy techniques 20180901 10
BioCartilage (BC) is dehydrated, minced human hyaline articular cartilage that was developed as an adjunct to microfracture surgery to help stimulate the bone marrow and stem cells to form hyaline-like tissue in full-thickness chondral defects. The minced pieces of BC require a dry environment for application and can easily be disrupted by residual moisture of saline solution in the surrounding tissues. We present a technique of carbon dioxide insufflation during knee arthroscopy as a means of m ...[more]