Monopolar radiofrequency treatment of partial-thickness cartilage defects in the sheep knee joint leads to extended cartilage injury

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1472-1478

  Kääb, Max J ^a   Bail, Herman J ^a   Rotter, Andreas ^a   Mainil Varlet, Pierre ^b   ApGwynn, Iolo ^c   Weiler, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Confocal microscopy; Partial thickness defect; Radiofrequency (RF) energy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DEATH; CHONDROMALACIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE INJURY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SHEEP;

EID: 25844472289     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505275013     Document Type: Article

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