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Bookmark or Share- MACI (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane)MACI ® (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane) is made up of your own (autologous) cells that are expanded and placed onto a film that is implanted into the area of the cartilage damage and absorbed back into your own tissue. MACI is used for the repair of symptomatic cartilage damage of the adult knee.
- Knee Cartilage Replacement: 5 Options to Consider - HealthlineThis procedure to grow new cartilage, also known as matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI), is a two-step process. It starts with an arthroscopic cartilage biopsy of the knee.
- Matrix-induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI) - HSSMatrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation or MACI is a procedure in which a patient’s own cells are used to regrow new cartilage for the knee joint. Because of this, it is a two-part procedure.
- MACI: Repairing knee cartilage damage - Mayo Clinic Orthopedics ...ANSWER: The new technique is called matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte implantation, or MACI. It can be effective for repairing isolated cartilage damage in the knee, but it’s not useful for people whose knee cartilage is diffusely damaged due to arthritis.
- See the MACI procedure in actionSimplify the MACI procedure with the MACI Surgical Implantation Kit. The MACI Surgical Implantation Kit is intended to assist with MACI knee surgery. The MACI Surgical Implantation Kit is provided by Vericel for MACI procedures. Ask your MACI Representative for more information.
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