A new histology scoring system for the assessment of the quality of human cartilage repair: ICRS II

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 880-890

  Mainil Varlet, Pierre ^a   Van Damme, Boudewijn ^b   Nesic, Dobrila ^a   Knutsen, Gunnar ^c   Kandel, Rita ^d   Roberts, Sally ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage repair; Histology scoring system; Human cartilage biopsies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGENERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952712941     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509359068     Document Type: Article

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