Current strategies for knee cartilage repair

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1444-1452

  Kalson, N S ^a   Gikas, P D ^a   Briggs, T W R ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFTING; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; KNEE CARTILAGE REPAIR; KNEE INJURY; KNEE SURGERY; MICROFRACTURE; MICROFRACTURE BONE MARROW STIMULATION; MOSAICPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DEBRIDEMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 77955783935     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02420.x     Document Type: Review

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