Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment Options for Early Degenerative Cartilage Lesions
Martin Lind, MD, PhD, Prof., DENMARK Michel P. Bonnin, MD, PhD, FRANCE Constance R. Chu, MD, UNITED STATES Jason Dragoo, UNITED STATES Patrick S. H. Yung, MBChB, FRCS(Orth), FHKCOS, FHKAM, FRCS, HONG KONG
2013 Congress
Symposium
2013
This symposium will review treatment options for degenerative cartilage lesions that have not yet developed into osteoarthritis. Both surgical and non-surgical treatment modalities will be covered. Surgical treatments include, osteotomies, condylar prosthesis, arthroscopic procedures, and biologic cartilage repair. Non-surgical treatments to be covered will be injection therapies including blood based products and physiotherapy and exercise.