| 摘要 |
The present invention is a method of surgically implanting into a site with cancellous bone a bio-absorbable cartilage repair system including an assembly (12). The method includes the steps of partially preparing the site to receive the assembly (12) by removing at least a portion of the damaged or destroyed articular cartilage (102), and then removably fixing the forward tip of a guidewire (120) in the cancellous bone under the removed articular cartilage. The guidewire (120) is then utilized to further prepare the site by drilling and countersinking (130) the subchondral cancellous bone and to seat the assembly (12) into the drilled and countersunk subchondral cancellous bone until the assembly is flush with the surrounding articular surface. The guidewire (120) is then removed.
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