6-year follow-up of 84 patients with cartilage defects in the knee: Knee scores improved but recovery was incomplete

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-618

  Løken, Sverre ^a,c   Heir, Stig ^b,c   Holme, Ingar ^c   Engebretsen, Lars ^a,c   Årøen, Asbjørn ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre OSTRC   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957899131     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.519166     Document Type: Article

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