Comparison of mechanical debridement and radiofrequency energy for chondroplasty in an in vivo equine model of partial thickness cartilage injury

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-178

  Edwards III, R B ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Uthamanthil, R K ^a   Bogdanske, J J ^a   Muir, P ^a   Athanasiou, K A ^b   Markel, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte; Confocal laser microscopy; Radiofrequency energy; Thermal chondroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE INJURY; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIDEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HORSES; RADIO WAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 33846402117     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.06.021     Document Type: Article

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