Principles of Cartilage Repair - Christoph Erggelet Bert R Mandelbaum Gebunden

Cartilage defects affect patients of all age groups. Surgeons teamdoctors general practitioners and physiotherapists alike are expected to provide adequate care. Only individual treatment plans combining a well balanced choice of various options will be successful. Background knowledge operative and non-operative therapies are described in concise chapters: Articular cartilage biology - Diagnostics - Surgical techniques - Symptomatic and alternative medications - Physiotherapy. Diagnostic findings and surgical procedures are generously illustrated by aquarelles and colour photographs. Recom mendations for additional reading description of important clinical scoring systems and a listing of analytic tools are added for further information.