Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter (speaker) discusses joint preservation in orthopedics, emphasizing that once cartilage is lost past a certain "point of no return" it cannot be replaced. He contrasts operative procedures that can transplant healthy cartilage with regenerative approaches whose goal should be to preserve existing cartilage and optimize its function rather than restore destroyed cartilage.
Make it function as good as it possibly can. I think that's the key difference. Great comment. This is a really good comment. I love this comment. It's actually true. So once you get past a certain point with your joint, there's like a point of no return where cartilage cannot be replaced. There are certain procedures that we can do in operative orthopedics where we can actually replace healthy cartilage with other healthy cartilage. But in regenerative procedures, the goal really should be not to restore cartilage that's already been destroyed, but to preserve what you have left and make it function as good as it possibly can. I think that's the key difference. Great comment.
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