Treating articular cartilage injuries of the knee in young people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7746, 2010, Pages 587-592

  Macmull, Simon ^a   Skinner, J A ^a   Bentley, G ^a   Carrington, R W J ^a   Briggs, T W R ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHONDROCYTES; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PATIENT SELECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77949372185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c998     Document Type: Review

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