A prospective, randomized clinical study of osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of osteochondritis dissecans in the knee joint in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 741-748

  Gudas, Rimtautas ^a   Simonaityte, Rasa ^a   Čekanauskas, Emilis ^a   Tamošiunas, Ramunas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Children; Knee joint cartilage; Microfracture; Osteochondral autologous transplantation; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROFRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE MARROW CELLS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349677318     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b8f6c7     Document Type: Article

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