Advances in Arthroscopic Surgery for Meniscus and Cartilage Repair

Dear Colleagues,

I hereby cordially invite you to contribute to our Special Issue as mentioned above. The field of meniscus and cartilage repair is emerging, and new therapy options have been developed over the past few years.

Especially the field of orthobiologic treatment has gained wide acceptance and provided a paradigm shift from “resection (replacement) to repair”. Biologic strategies, be it autologous blood components (platelet rich plasma, growth factors), mesenchymal stem cells, other cell-based therapies (CBT), or exosomes, have been published for both meniscus and cartilage repair.

In meniscus tears, the fiels of ACL-associated menisus injuries (ramp lesions) and their importance for knee kinematics and osteoarthritis development have been highlighted recently and will also be a focus of this Special Issue.

The newest ESSKA consensus (ORBIT 2024) clearly addressed the relevance of CBT and autologous blood derivates for cartilage regeneration and repair, which makes these strategies “state of the art” and not “experimental” any more.

In this context, I look forward to your valuable contribution to this Special Issue and again encourage all researchers in this field to submit their work.

Our issue is open to both experimental and applied science and any type of article.

Dr. Patrick Weninger
Guest Editor

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