Partial-Thickness Articular Cartilage Defects: Evaluation and Treatment

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-231

  Lubowitz, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cartilage; chondroplasty; growth factors; lesions; partial; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33751160144     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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