Includes bibliographical references and index.

Structure and function of cartilage biology / Michael A. Schwartz and Michael G. Ciccotti -- Biomechanics of synovial joints / Thay Q. Lee ... [et al.] -- Response of articular cartilage to injury / Vahé R. Panossian -- Effects of electrothermal energy on cartilage / Yan Lu, Ryland B. Edwards, and Mark D. Markel -- Clinical evaluation of the patient with a chondral injury / Raffy Mirzayan -- Imaging techniques of cartilage injury / Christine B. Chung, Aurea Mohana-Borges, and Donald L. Resnick -- Classification of articular cartilage injury and repair / Bert R. Mandelbaum, Ralph A. Gambardella, and Jason M. Scopp -- Analgesics and antiinflammatory medications / Orrin M. Troum -- Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate / Ronald A. Navarro -- Hyaluronic acid injections: viscosupplementation / Ronald A. Navarro and Julian Paul Ballesteros -- Arthroscopic management of the early arthritic joint / Steven S. Goldberg, Raffy Mirzayan, and C. Thomas Vangsness, Jr. --

Electrothermal chondroplasty / Amir M. Khan and Gary S. Fanton -- Microfracture technique / Paul Sethi, Raffy Mirzayan, and F. Daniel Kharrazi -- Osteochondral autograft transplantation (OATS/mosaicplasty) / Jason L. Koh, László Hangody, and Gabor Kristof Ráthonyi -- Autologous chondrocyte implantation / Jeffrey W. Wiley, Tim Bryant, and Tom Minas -- Osteochondral allograft transplantation / William D. Bugbee and Michael J. Ostempowski -- Osteochondral lesions of the talus / Mark E. Easley, Steven D. Sides, and Alison P. Toth -- Acute osteochondral defects in the knee / John G. Costouros, Marc R. Safran, and Gregory B. Maletis -- Osteochondral defects in the elbow / Russell S. Petrie and James P. Bradley -- Cartilage injuries in the shoulder / Jeff A. Fox ... [et al.] -- Cartilage injury in the skeletally immature / Christopher Iobst and Mininder S. Kocher -- Corrective osteotomies around the knee / Gregory J. Adamson, Jennifer R. Miller, and Pierre Durand Jr. -- Meniscal transplantation / Wayne K. Gersoff -- Surgical management of patellofemoral disease / Tom Minas -- Future directions in the treatment of cartilage injury in the athlete / Constance R. Chu, Volker Musahl, and Freddie H. Fu -- Gene therapy in the treatment of cartilage injury / Andre F. Steinert ... [et al.] -- Hyaluronian-based autologous chondrocyte implantation / Stefano Zaffagnini ... [et al.].