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. Recommendations for additional reading
description of important clinical scoring systems and a listing of analytic tools are added for
further information.
