Benefits of cartilage repair system persist after three years
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Long-term studies have confirmed the benefits of using cells cultured from a patient's own cartilage to repair damaged cartilage on the end of the tibia at the knee. The results are published in the fifth report of Genzyme's cartilage repair registry, which follows the progress of patients treated with Carticel, the company's autologous cultured chondrocytes.