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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_III | Pages 154 - 154
1 Feb 2012
Rogers B Jagiello J Carrington S Skinner J Briggs T
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Introduction

The treatment of distal femoral cartilage defects using autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) and matrix-guided autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI) is become increasingly common. This prospective 7-year study reviews and compares the clinical outcome of ACI and MACI.

Methods

We present the clinical outcomes of 159 knees (156 patients) that have undergone autologous chondrocyte implantation from July 1998. One surgeon performed all operations with patients subsequently assessed on a yearly basis using 7 independent validated clinical, functional and satisfaction rating scores.