Practice guidelines for approaching articular cartilage defects of the knee

Cartilage lesions pose both diagnostic and treatment challenges to the treating orthopaedic surgeons. An early diagnosis of these lesions is the key to success, and hence awareness about these lesions is mandatory to reach a prompt conclusion and decision making. There are newer techniques published almost every day all over the world. We have tried to compile all the techniques commonly performed and the available guidelines, critically analyzed them and came up with an algorithm which suits the patients in the Indian subcontinent.