ISAKOS: Better quality & quantity of repair tissue with BST-CarGel® in cartilage lesions .
An International Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Bst-Cargel®, A Novel Scaffold For Cartilage Repair, Demonstrates Superiority of Repair When Compared with Microfracture Alone Treatment
80 patients with focal cartilage lesions were randomized to receive either BST-CarGel® + microfracture treatment or microfracture-only treatment. Results indicated an increase in the quality and quantity of the cartilage repair tissue (assessed using MRI and osteochondral biopsies) at 12 months post-treatment. There was no difference in clinical outcomes such as pain, stiffness and function (assessed using the WOMAC score) between groups.
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