Chondroprotective effects of a polycarbonate-urethane meniscal implant: Histopathological results in a sheep model

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-263

  Zur, Gal ^a   Linder Ganz, Eran ^a   Elsner, Jonathan J ^a   Shani, Jonathan ^a   Brenner, Ori ^a   Agar, Gabriel ^b   Hershman, Elliott B ^c   Arnoczky, Steven P ^d   Guilak, Farshid ^e   Shterling, Avi ^a  

^a Active Implants Corporation   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Animal model; Meniscectomy; Meniscus; Synthetic

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751579237     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1210-5     Document Type: Article

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