Autologous chondrocyte implantation for treatment of focal cartilage defects in Patients age 40 years and older: A matched-pair analysis with 2-year follow-up

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2410-2416

  Niemeyer, Philipp ^a   Köstler, Wolfgang ^a   Salzmann, Gian M ^a   Lenz, Philipp ^a   Kreuz, Peter C ^b   Südkamp, Norbert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

autologous chondrocyte implantation; cartilage defect; cartilage repair; knee joint; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 78650406081     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510376742     Document Type: Article

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