ISAKOS: MACI Implant superior compared to Microfracture for articular cartilage defects

ISAKOS: Better quality & quantity of repair tissue with BST-CarGel® in cartilage lesions

Microfracture with & without PRP in patients >40yr with cartilage lesion and early knee OA

Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2013 Jul;23(5):581-7

AAOS 2015: MACI versus microfracture for knee cartilage defects at 3-year follow-up

Efficacy of osteochondral autograft transfer versus microfracture for cartilage lesions

Arthroscopy. 2016 Oct;32(10):2118-2130

Comparable outcomes with autologous chondrocyte implantation and microfracture surgery

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Oct;89(10):2105-12

COA: BST-CarGel is an effective adjunct to microfracture for articular cartilage lesions

IA-HA injection as adjunct to microfracture surgery for osteochondral lesions of the talus

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Apr;24(4):1243-9

Adipose-derived stem cells added to microfracture beneficial for knee cartilage lesions

Arthroscopy. 2016 Jan;32(1):97-109

ISAKOS 2015: Synthetic scaffold vs. microfracture in osteochondral repair

Superior cartilage repair with BST-CarGel added to conventional microfracture treatment

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Sep 18;95(18):1640-50

Talar Osteochondral lesions: Adjunct hyaluronan injection improves microfracture outcomes

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Jul;20(7):1398-403. doi: 10.1007/s00167-011-1856-7. Epub 2011 Dec 29

Similar 15-year clinical outcome and failure rate between ACI and microfracture

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Aug 17;98(16):1332-9

ISAKOS: Long term functional results similar for Microfracture & mosaic plasty techniques

Mosaicplasty demonstrates favourable long-term results over microfracture for cartilage defects

Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar;46(4):826-831

Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Microfracture for Cartilage Defects of Knee

Am J Sports Med; 2011; 39(12): 2566-2574.

Adminstration of PRP injections following microfracture for chondral lesions of the knee

Joints. 2013 Oct;1(4):167-70

Comparison of Activity-Related Outcomes in 3 Articular Cartilage Surgeries

Cartilage OnlineFirst, published on March 18, 2013 as doi:10.1177/1947603513481603

COA/ICORS2019: Adjuvant microfracture does not improve outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

No difference in function between stem cells and control during microfracture

Regen Ther. 2019;(11):106-113. doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2019.06.002