Main description:

This book covers the most recent developments in the field of osteochondral tissue engineering (OCTE) and covers in detail the concepts and current challenges for bone and cartilage repair and regeneration. Specific topics include viscosupplementation, biologicals, tissue engineering approaches, in vitro and in vivo models, and technological advances with stem cells, bioreactors, and microfluidics. Osteochondral Tissue Engineering: Challenges, Current Strategies, and Technological Advances presents challenges and strategies in the field of osteochondral regeneration and serves as a core reference for biomedical engineering students and a wide range of established researchers and professionals working in orthopedics.

Contents:

Part I: Current Challenges in Osteochondral Repair and Regeneration: Trauma vs Disease1. Advances for treatment of knee OC defects2. Emerging Concepts in Treating Cartilage, Osteochondral Defects and Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Ankle3. Osteoarthritis: Trauma Vs Disease4. Surgical Treatment Paradigms of Ankle Lateral Instability, Osteochondral Defects and ImpingementPart II: Viscosupplementation
5. Clinical management in early OA6. Hyaluronic Acid7. Semi-IPNs and IPNs Based Hydrogels8. Promising biomoleculesPart III: Technological Advances in Osteochondral Tissue Engineering
9. Nanoparticles-based systems for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering10. Stem cells for osteochondral regeneration11. PRP Therapy12. Enhancing biological and biomechanical fixation of osteochondral scaffold: a grand challengePart IV: Osteochondral Tissue Engineering approaches
13. Combination of polymeric supports and drug delivery systems for ostechondral regeneration14. Osteochondral Angiogenesis and Promoted Vascularization: New Therapeutic Target15. Models Of DiseasePart V: In vitro models for Osteochondral Regeneration
16. Tissue Engineering Strategies for Osteochondral Repair17. In vitro mimetic models for the bone-cartilage interface regeneration18. Bioreactors and microfluidics for osteochondral interface maturationPart VI: In vivo models for Osteochondral Regeneration
19. Small Animal Models20. Large animal models for Osteochondral RegenerationIndex