A review of the evaluation and management of cartilage defects in the knee

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Henn III, R Frank ^a   Gomoll, Andreas H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Autologous chondrocyte implantation; Microfracture; Osteochodral autograft transfer; Osteochondral defect

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCOSAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE GRAFT; BRACE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE CARTILAGE DEFECT; MICROFRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79952205239     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2011.02.1867     Document Type: Review

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