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There are also a number of alternative surgical techniques that are sometimes used to treat cartilage damage, including: 1  Allograft osteochondral transplantation (AOT) â similar to mosaicplasty, but the replacement cartilage is obtained from a recently deceased donor and is used to repair larger damaged areas.
Aetna considers autologous chondrocyte implants medically necessary for repairing cartilage defects of the knee in members who meet the following selection criteria: Member has symptoms of disabling knee pain related to a full thickness, focal chondral defect with all of the following: Age of 15 to 60 years; and.