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Sports Medicine & Surgery

Minimally Invasive Surgery

-Knee

Meniscus Surgery

-Ankle

-Shoulder

-Elbow

-Hip

-Wrist

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopic Stabilisation Of The Unstable Shoulder

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Arthroscopic Acromioplasty

Acromio-Clavicular Joint Arthritis

Joint Cartilage Resurfacing

Autologous Cartilage Transplantation

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Autologous Cartilage Transplant

Another method of covering up the defect is to perform ACT or autologous cartilage transplantation. This involves culturing cartilage cells in the laboratory and implanting it to the defect. This is a two step procedure which involves two surgeries. The first surgery is an arthroscopic procedure to harvest cartilage from the knee joint. After 4 to 6 weeks of culture, the cells are ready to be transplanted into the defect. 

                   Cartilage Culture           Injecting cultured cells into defect                                           

                 Repaired cartilage defect 

                      In severe and widespread damage of the cartilage, and if the patient is older, knee replacement may be a better option. Knee replacement can be done for part or for the whole knee.