Simini Boards Cast
The Simini Boards-Cast is the go-to audio study tool for small animal surgery residents prepping for board exams.
Each episode simplifies high-yield surgical content from trusted sources — built to help you pass faster and with less stress.
🎧 Audio-based learning for passive study
✂️ Practical relevance for surgical application
🧠 Flashcard-style recaps + board-style questions
📈 Designed with resident + program director input
Whether you're commuting, walking the dog, or post-op, turn that time into surgical mastery.
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Simini Boards Cast
Cartilage Injury & Repair: When It Doesn’t Grow Back
In this BoardsCast episode, we confront a frustrating reality in orthopedic surgery: cartilage doesn’t heal like bone — and often doesn’t heal at all.
We break down:
- The biology of cartilage and why it lacks regenerative capacity
- How chondrocyte metabolism, avascularity, and matrix structure limit healing
- The difference between hyaline cartilage and fibrocartilage repair
- What makes superficial vs. full-thickness cartilage injuries behave differently
- Surgical techniques like abrasion arthroplasty, drilling, microfracture, and osteochondral autografts
- The emerging (but still inconsistent) role of stem cells, scaffolds, and growth factors
Whether you’re managing an osteochondral flap, reviewing arthroscopy images, or prepping for boards, this episode will change how you think about cartilage damage — and what you can (and can’t) fix.
🎧 Built for surgical residents.
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