Cartilage injury in the athlete

Content: Structure and function of cartilage biology / Michael A. Schwartz and Michael G. Ciccotti --
Biomechanics of synovial joints / Thay Q. Lee [and others] --
Response of articular cartilage to injury / Vahé R. Panossian --
Effects of electrothermal energy on cartilage / Yan Lu, Ryland B. Edwards, and Mark D. Markel --
Clinical evaluation of the patient with a chondral injury / Raffy Mirzayan --
Imaging techniques of cartilage injury / Christine B. Chung, Aurea Mohana-Borges, and Donald L. Resnick --
Classification of articular cartilage injury and repair / Bert R. Mandelbaum, Ralph A. Gambardella, and Jason M. Scopp --
Analgesics and antiinflammatory medications / Orrin M. Troum --
Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate / Ronald A. Navarro --
Hyaluronic acid injections: viscosupplementation / Ronald A. Navarro and Julian Paul Ballesteros --
Arthroscopic management of the early arthritic joint / Steven S. Goldberg, Raffy Mirzayan, and C. Thomas Vangsness, Jr. Electrothermal chondroplasty / Amir M. Khan and Gary S. Fanton --
Microfracture technique / Paul Sethi, Raffy Mirzayan, and F. Daniel Kharrazi --
Osteochondral autograft transplantation (OATS/mosaicplasty) / Jason L. Koh, László Hangody, and Gabor Kristof Ráthonyi --
Autologous chondrocyte implantation / Jeffrey W. Wiley, Tim Bryant, and Tom Minas --
Osteochondral allograft transplantation / William D. Bugbee and Michael J. Ostempowski --
Osteochondral lesions of the talus / Mark E. Easley, Steven D. Sides, and Alison P. Toth --
Acute osteochondral defects in the knee / John G. Costouros, Marc R. Safran, and Gregory B. Maletis --
Osteochondral defects in the elbow / Russell S. Petrie and James P. Bradley --
Cartilage injuries in the shoulder / Jeff A. Fox [and others] --
Cartilage injury in the skeletally immature / Christopher Iobst and Mininder S. Kocher --
Corrective osteotomies around the knee / Gregory J. Adamson, Jennifer R. Miller, and Pierre Durand Jr. --
Meniscal transplantation / Wayne K. Gersoff --
Surgical management of patellofemoral disease / Tom Minas --
Future directions in the treatment of cartilage injury in the athlete / Constance R. Chu, Volker Musahl, and Freddie H. Fu --
Gene therapy in the treatment of cartilage injury / Andre F. Steinert [and others] --
Hyaluronian-based autologous chondrocyte implantation / Stefano Zaffagnini [and others].