Bonasia DE, Marmotti A, Rosso F, Collo G, Rossi R. Use of chondral fragments for one stage cartilage repair: A systematic review. World J Orthop 2015; 6(11): 1006-1011 [PMID: 26716098 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i11.1006]
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Davide Edoardo Bonasia, MD, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Torino, AO Mauriziano “Umberto I” Hospital, Via Lamarmora 26, 10128 Torino, Italy. davidebonasia@virgilio.it
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Orthopedics
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Systematic Reviews
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Davide Edoardo Bonasia, Antongiulio Marmotti, Federica Rosso, Gianluca Collo, Roberto Rossi, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Torino, AO Mauriziano “Umberto I” Hospital, 10128 Torino, Italy
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Conflict-of-interest statement: Dr. Rossi is a teaching program consultant for Zimmer. No other relevant financial disclosures regarding this paper.
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Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Davide Edoardo Bonasia, MD, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Torino, AO Mauriziano “Umberto I” Hospital, Via Lamarmora 26, 10128 Torino, Italy. davidebonasia@virgilio.it
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Received: May 21, 2015 Peer-review started: May 25, 2015 First decision: August 4, 2015 Revised: September 23, 2015 Accepted: October 23, 2015 Article in press: October 27, 2015 Published online: December 18, 2015 Processing time: 210 Days and 5.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: In this systematic review regarding Cartilage Autograft Implantation System (CAIS) and Particulated Juvenile Allograft Cartilage (PJAC), basic science and clinical articles with more than 10 patients treated and more than 6 mo of follow-up were included. A total of 17 articles were available for the present review. Good basic science evidence in vitro and in vivo was described to support the concept of CAIS. Only one level II paper reported the clinical results of the CAIS technique. On the other hand, little basic science evidence and 4 preliminary clinical trials are available regarding the PJAC technique. CAIS and PJAC represent promising single step solutions for cartilage restoration with hyaline-like repair. However, many controversies still exist regarding both techniques, including the indications (age of the patients, size of the lesion, and involvement of the subchondral bone).
