Guidance
Evidence-based recommendations on mosaicplasty in people with symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee. This involves taking healthy cartilage from the edge .of the joint and inserting it into drilled tunnels in the damaged site.
Is this guidance up to date?
Next review: this guidance will be reviewed if there is new evidence or safety concerns.
Guidance development process
How we develop NICE interventional procedures guidance
Coding and clinical classification codes for this guidance
This guidance replaces NICE interventional procedures guidance on mosaicplasty for knee cartilage defects (IPG162).