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    Interventional procedure overview of focal resurfacing implants to treat articular cartilage damage in the knee

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    Related NICE guidance

    Below is a list of NICE guidance related to this procedure.

    Interventional procedures

    • Mosaicplasty for symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee. NICE Interventional procedures guidance IPG607 (2018). Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg607

    • Microstructural scaffold (patch) insertion without autologous cell implantation for repairing symptomatic chondral knee defects. NICE Interventional procedures guidance 560 (2016). Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg560

    • Arthroscopic radiofrequency chondroplasty for discrete chondral defects of the knee. NICE Interventional procedures guidance IPG493 (2014). Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg493

    • Partial replacement of the meniscus of the knee using a biodegradable scaffold. NICE Interventional procedures guidance IPG430 (2012). Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg430

    Technology appraisals

    • Autologous chondrocyte implantation for treating symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee. NICE Technology appraisal TA477 (replaced TA 89) (2017). Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta477

    • Autologous chondrocyte implantation using chondrosphere for treating symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee. NICE Technology appraisal TA508 (2018). Available from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta508

    • Autologous chondrocyte implantation using 3D collagen matrix (novocart 3D) for treating articular cartilage defects of the knee [ID2707] [GID-TA10667]. Expected publication date: TBC – suspended.

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