Concentrated Bone Marrow Aspirate Improves Full-Thickness Cartilage Repair Compared with Microfracture in

the Equine Model

by Lisa A. Fortier, Hollis G. Potter, Ellen J. Rickey, Lauren V. Schnabel, Li Foong Foo, Leroy R. Chong, Tracy Stokol, Jon Cheetham, and Alan J. Nixon

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 92(10):1927-1937

August 18, 2010

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Arthroscopic images of 15-mm-diameter full-thickness articular cartilage defects on the lateral trochlear ridge of the femur treated with bone marrow concentrate and microfracture (A) or with

microfracture alone (B).

Fortier L A et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1927-1937

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Intraoperative images obtained at second-look arthroscopy at twelve weeks after treatment of cartilage defects with microfracture and bone marrow concentrate (A) or with microfracture

alone (B).

Fortier L A et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1927-1937

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Cartilage defects eight months after treatment with bone marrow concentrate (BMC; left column) or microfracture (right column).

Fortier L A et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1927-1937

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Axial osteochondral sections of cartilage defects eight months after treatment with bone marrow concentrate (BMC; left panel) or microfracture (right panel).

Fortier L A et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1927-1937

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Axial osteochondral sections of cartilage defects eight months after treatment with bone marrow concentrate (BMC; left column) or microfracture (right column).

Fortier L A et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:1927-1937

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.