Remodeling of articular cartilage and subchondral bone after bone grafting and matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte implantation for osteochondritis dissecans of the knee

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 764-773

  Ochs, Björn Gunnar ^a   Müller Horvat, Christian ^a   Albrecht, Dirk ^a   Schewe, Bernhard ^a,b   Weise, Kuno ^a   Aicher, Wilhelm Karl ^a   Rolauffs, Bernd ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Winghofer Medicum   (Germany)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

articular cartilage; bone grafting; matrix associated autologous chondrocyte implantation; MOCART score; osteochondritis dissecans; subchondral lamina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954511333     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510388896     Document Type: Article

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