The Illustrative Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate and Hyaluronan-Based Scaffold Technique for Single-Stage Cartilage Repair

The limited intrinsic healing potential of the articular cartilage is attributed to the presence of specialized cells which have low mitotic activity and lack of blood supply to promote tissue repair. Therefore, once injury occurs, surgical intervention is necessary to maximize the chances of articular cartilage repair. A good cartilage repair will lead to good functional outcome and will avoid subsequent cartilage degeneration that could otherwise lead to the development of osteoarthritis (OA) [1].