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What is CARTICEL?

April 26, 2017carticel

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What is CARTICEL?

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CARTICEL is a biologic product used to repair articular cartilage injuries in adults who have not responded to a prior arthroscopic or other surgical repair procedure. It uses your body’s own cultured cells to form new hyaline-like cartilage in your knee following a surgical procedure called autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). CARTICEL is the name of the cells that are grown from the samples (or biopsy) taken from your knee. CARTICEL poses little risk of disease transmission to you since it comes from your own tissue. CARTICEL is not indicated for the treatment of cartilage damage associated with generalized osteoarthritis.