Repair of a post-traumatic cartilage defect with a cell-free polymer-based cartilage implant: A follow-up at two years by MRI and histological review

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1160-1163

  Patrascu, J M ^a   Freymann, U ^a,b   Kaps, C ^a,c   Poenaru, D V ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b TRANSTISSUE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CARTILAGE INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MICROFRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC CARTILAGE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77955350449     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B8.24341     Document Type: Article

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