Concomitant meniscal allograft transplantation and autologous chondrocyte implantation: Minimum 2-year follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1459-1466

  Farr, Jack ^a,d   Rawal, Ashish ^b   Marberry, Kevin M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Elmhurst Hospital   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d Cartilage Restoration Center of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous chondrocyte implantation; Cartilage; Meniscal transplant; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHONDROCYTES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548126174     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507301257     Document Type: Article

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