Trufit polymer scaffolds for the management of cartilage defects of the knee

Techniques in Knee Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-141

  Smith, Richard Carey ^a   Spalding, Tim ^b   Masri, Bassam A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Cartilage; Knee; Osteochondral scaffold; Trufit plug

Indexed keywords

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRILL; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCISION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE PAIN; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 68549123440     PISSN: 15360636     EISSN: 15381935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTK.0b013e3181a7f563     Document Type: Article

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