How to Get Care. You can ask for a referral from your primary care doctor, your mental health care provider, or your health plan. In some plans, you may be able to make an appointment directly with a mental health care provider.
Patients with bigger defects or who have failed other types of surgery may be eligible for allograft transplants of donor bone and cartilage (Figure 3). In this method, cartilage defects are treated with tissue that is donated for transplantation, much like a liver or heart transplant.
1 This is a procedure that is called 'fracture reduction.' Because the fracture is being surgically repositioned, this is considered an open reduction. This would contrast with a closed reduction where the bones are repositioned without a surgical procedure.  Second, is an internal fixation.