Sequential Changes in Implanted Cartilage After Autologous Osteochondral Transplantation: Postoperative Acoustic Properties up to 1 Year in an In Vivo Rabbit Model

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 647-654

  Kuroki, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Yasuaki ^b   Mori, Koji ^c   Kobayashi, Masahiko ^b   Okamoto, Yukihiro ^b   Yasura, Ko ^b   Nishitani, Kohei ^b   Nakamura, Takashi ^b  

^a Kyoto University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic stiffness; Cartilage repair; Osteochondral graft; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34249898905     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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