Management of articular cartilage defects of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 994-1009

  Bedi, Asheesh ^a   Feeley, Brian T ^b   Williams III, Riley J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW STIMULATION; CARTILAGE INJURY; CELL THERAPY; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DEFECT; KNEE INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MICROFRACTURE; MOSAICPLASTY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOCHONDRAL AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE ENGINEERING COLLAGEN MATRIX; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CYTOLOGY; INJURY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77951924263     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00895     Document Type: Review

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