Mosaicplasty for symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of mosaicplasty for knee cartilage defects is adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that standard arrangements are in place for clinical governance, consent and audit. Find out what standard arrangements mean on the NICE interventional procedures guidance page.

The procedure should only be done by surgeons experienced in cartilage surgery and with specific training in mosaicplasty for knee cartilage defects.

Clinicians should enter data from all patients having the procedure onto the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society (ICRS) Patient Registry.