Osteochondral Allografts: State of the Art

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-301

  Lattermann, Christian ^a   Romine, Spencer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cartilage transplantation; Osteochondral allograft; Osteochondral defect

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 62549153112     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.10.007     Document Type: Review

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