Analysis of stored osteochondral allografts at the time of surgical implantation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1479-1484

  Allen, R Todd ^a   Robertson, Catherine M ^a   Pennock, Andrew T ^a   Bugbee, William D ^a   Harwood, Frederick L ^a   Wong, Van W ^b   Chen, Albert C ^b   Sah, Robert L ^b   Amiel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Chondrocyte; Confocal microscopy; Osteochondral defect

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN; SULFUR OXIDE;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIGIDITY; STORAGE;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROCYTES; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 25844517915     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505275010     Document Type: Article

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