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Welcome to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Information Page for the online CME course, Treatment of Articular Cartilage Injuries
Michael G. Ciccotti, MD, Course Chairman

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The Academy acknowledges and thanks the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) for providing an unrestricted Educational Grant in support of this program. http://www.oref.org

Course Description

This on-line course is based on the Instructional Course Lecture entitled “Articular Cartilage Injury in the Athlete: Treatment Options”. The core materials for this course include 3 cases developed by the faculty, and 20 faculty opinion questions, which covers specific questions related to the case materials. In addition there are literature and a self-assessment sections that will allow you to:

  • Review the pathophysiology and diagnosis of chondral injuries to the knee
  • Review the current surgical techniques and specific postoperative rehabilitation protocols for chondral injuries, including
    • microfracture (MFX)
    • osteochondral autograft transplantation (OATS)
    • autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI)
    • osteochondral allografting (OAL)
  • Review the outcomes of these surgical techniques
  • Define a treatment algorithm for chondral injuries in the athlete

Program Objectives
After completing this course the participants will be able to:

  • Define the pathophysiology and the diagnostic techniques for chondral injuries
  • Detail the current surgical techniques for these injuries
  • Understand the specific postoperative protocols for these techniques
  • Review the results/outcomes of these various techniques
  • Define the indications for MFX
  • Define the indications for OATS
  • Define the indications for ACI
  • Define the indications for OAL
  • Define a treatment algorithm for chondral lesions with particular emphasis on the athlete's knee

Faculty
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Michael G. Ciccotti, MD, Chairman
John C. Garrett, MD
László Hangody, MD, PhD, DSc
Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD
Lars Peterson, MD, PhD
J. Richard Steadman, MD

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