Mega-OATS technique - Autologous osteochondral transplantation as a salvage procedure for large osteochondral defects of the femoral condyle;Mega-OATS-Technik - Autogene Knorpel-Knochen-Transplantation als Salvage-Verfahren bei großen osteochondralen Defekten am Femurkondylus

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-198

  Brucker, Peter U ^a   Braun, Sepp ^a   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autologous osteochondral transplantation; Focal osteonecrosis; Mega OATS; Osteochondral defect; Osteochondrosis dissecans

Indexed keywords

ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS OSTEOCHONDRAL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE MALFORMATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MOVEMENT THERAPY; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARUS KNEE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349107784     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: 14390981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00064-008-1301-3     Document Type: Article

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