Surgical management of articular cartilage defects of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2470-2490

  Gomoll, A H ^a   Farr, J ^b   Gillogly, S D ^c   Kercher, J ^d   Minas, T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sports and Cartilage Restoration Fellowship   (United States)

^d Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE BIOPSY; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CHONDROPLASTY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE SURGERY; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROFRACTURE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARUS KNEE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTHROSCOPY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOTOMY; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OSTEOTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049470587     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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