UDK: 617.583-089

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN RESTORATION OF DAMAGED OR DISEASED KNEE JOINT

D. A. Malanin, V. V. Novochadov, S. R. Samusev, O. G. Teterin, I. A. Suchilin, A. L. Julikov

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, Волгоградский научный центр РАМН и АВО

Abstract

This review discusses present-day approaches to treatment of articular cartilage damages using autol ogous chondrocyte transplantation method (ACT). There are clinical and experimental studies based on evidence based medicine demonstrating the possibilities of clinical application of ACT.

Keywords

autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT), knee joint, articular cartilage damage

Contacts

Маланин Дмитрий Александрович — д.м.н., про- фессор, зав. кафедрой травматологии, ортопедии и военно-полевой хирургии ВолГМУ, malanin@tele-kom.ru