MGM Healthcare Malar Adyar Performs Breakthrough Autograft Cartilage Tissue Transplant for Knee
Chennai, December 27, 2025: MGM Healthcare Malar, Adyar has successfully performed a fifth-generation Autograft Cartilage Tissue Transplant, an advanced arthroscopic daycare procedure that allows patients to walk immediately after surgery while helping prevent the need for total knee replacement. This single-stage technique involves harvesting healthy cartilage from the patient’s own joint and transplanting it into the damaged area, effectively addressing the limitations of older methods that required multiple surgeries or laboratory-based cartilage culturing. (L to R) Dr.Kalpana, Medical Superintendent, MGM Healthcare Malar; Dr Nandkumar Sundaram, Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics; Patient The advanced cartilage transplant is especially beneficial for patients suffering from focal chondral defects, osteochondral lesions, early-stage osteoarthritis and chondromalacia patella. If left untreated, such cartilage damage can progress to severe joint degeneration, often...