back to Patient                    Education view Shoulder view Elbow view Spine view Hand view Knee view Hip view Foot and Ankle view Broken Bones view Muscular Strains view Tendonitis view Arthroscopic              Surgery view Artificial Joint              Replacement view Artificial Disc              Replacement view Cartilage              Transplantation view Minimally Invasive              Surgery view Pre-Op              Instructions view Post-Op              Instructions view Rehab Protocols view Related Links   Cartilage Transplantation If you suffer from knee pain, there is a new solution available to you in the form of the Carticel procedure. This procedure rebuilds the cartilage in your knee using your own tissue. Two surgeries are involved in the process. During the first surgery, your doctor will remove some of the cartilage from your knee. The tissue sample is sent to a Genzyme laboratory that cultures the cartilage cells (or chondrocytes) to almost 10 times the original sample size. The second surgery involves your doctor creating a patch over the damaged cartilage area and inserting the cultured cells into the patch. Over time, the cells will grow to form a replacement cartilage. Five Advanced Orthopaedic physicians - Drs. Mack, Fogarty, McChesney, Elbaz and - are trained to perform the Carticel procedure. Visit www.carticel.com for more information on the procedure. Call our office to find out if this innovative technique is right for you.

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