The acute effects of radiofrequency energy in articular cartilage: An in vitro study

Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-5

  Kaplan, Lee ^a   Uribe, John W ^a,b   Sasken, Harvey ^a   Markarian, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cartilage repair; Radiofrequency energy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0033957780     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(00)90119-1     Document Type: Article

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