Partial federal government shutdown
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
Treatments to include in review for patients with chondral defects of the knee would be matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI), autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), microfracture surgery, and osteochondral autologous transplantation (OATS) as potential alternatives to surgical knee cartilage repair strategy.
Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System surgery (OATS) was first reviewed by the HTCC in 2011.
Status: Decision complete
Significant questions remain about the safety, efficacy, and effectiveness, and cost effectiveness of OATS/mosaicplasty cartilage surgery, MACI, ACI, and microfracture surgery.
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Assessment (2024) | |
Update literature for OATS (2018) | |
Assessment on OATS (2011) |
Assessment timeline