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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Regenerative Medicine Edition Ep.7: Preventing Osteoarthritis of the Knee
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Guest: Daniel Saris, M.D., Ph.D. (@sarisnl)
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Osteoarthritis of the knee is extremely common, and it’s estimated that 1 in 2 people are likely to develop symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in their lifetime. Its known that damaged cartilage is the precursor to osteoarthritis. Many individuals have had partial or complete meniscectomies for meniscal tears in the past and those individuals were then likely to eventually develop knee osteoarthritis. What if damaged cartilage was repaired instead of...