Microfracture treatment of single or multiple articular cartilage defects of the knee: A 5-year median follow-up of 110 patients

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 504-508

  Solheim, Eirik ^a,b,c   Øyen, Jannike ^b,c   Hegna, Janne ^b   Austgulen, Ove K ^b   Harlem, Thomas ^a   Strand, Torbjørn ^a  

^a Deaconess University College   (Norway)

^b Bergen Surgical Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Articular cartilage defects; Knee; Microfracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951258098     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0974-y     Document Type: Article

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