An Ex Vivo Thermal Chondroplasty Model: The Association of a Char-Like Layer and Underlying Cell Death

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1159-1162

  Lotto, Marie L ^a,b   Lu, Yan ^a   Mitchell, Mathew E ^b   Wright, Emma J ^b   Lubowitz, James H ^c   Markel, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Taos Orthopaedic Research Institute Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Char; Energy; Radiofrequency; Thermal chondroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CHONDROPLASTY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVALUATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HEAT TREATMENT; INCUBATION TIME; JOINT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STAIN; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CELL DEATH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; PATELLA; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33750488117     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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