MR Imaging Assessment of Articular Cartilage Repair Procedures

作者：Chang Gregory^*; Sherman Orrin; Madelin Guillaume; Recht Michael; Regatte Ravinder

来源：Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America, 2011, 19(2): 323-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.mric.2011.02.002

• MRI
• Cartilage repair
• Microfracture
• Osteochondral autograft
• Osteochondral allograft
• Autologous chondrocyte implantation
• Biochemical MR imaging
• 7 tesla MRI

Because articular cartilage is avascular and has no intrinsic capacity to heal itself, physical damage to cartilage poses a serious clinical problem for orthopedic surgeons and rheumatologists. No medication exists to treat or reconstitute physical defects in articular cartilage, and pharmacotherapy is limited to pain control. Developments in the field of articular cartilage repair include microfracture, osteochondral autografting, osteochondral allografting, repair with synthetic resorbable plugs, and autologous chondrocyte implantation. MR imaging techniques have the potential to allow in vivo monitoring of the collagen and proteoglycan content of cartilage repair tissue and may provide useful additional metrics of cartilage repair tissue quality.

• 出版日期2011-5