Osteochondral lesions of the talus: Current treatment modalities and future possibilities

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Chodos, Marc D ^a   Schon, Lew C ^a,b  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Union Memorial Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Biologic; Cartilage; Mesenchymal stem cell; OCT; Osteochondral defect; Scaffold; Talus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE GRAFT; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOSAICPLASTY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOCHONDRAL AUTOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646064761     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000192893.19886.b2     Document Type: Review

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