Surgical options for articular defects of the knee

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-593

  Kellett, Catherine F ^a   Boscainos, Petros J ^b   Gross, Allan E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allografts; Arthroscopy; Articular; Autologous; Cartilage; Chondrocyte; Debridement; Implantation; Knee injuries; Mosaicplasty; Osteochondral; Osteotomy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NECROSIS; CADAVER DONOR; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33750437239     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.5.585     Document Type: Review

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