Failures, re-operations, and complications after autologous chondrocyte implantation - a systematic review

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 779-791

  Harris, J D ^a   Siston, R A ^a,b   Brophy, R H ^c   Lattermann, C ^d   Carey, J L ^e   Flanigan, D C ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous chondrocyte implantation; Complication; Failure; Hypertrophy; Re operation

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANT; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRIN GLUE; HYDROXYAPATITE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTHROFIBROSIS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTHROTOMY; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; BONE DISEASE; BONE PLATE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROMALACIA; COLLAGEN MEMBRANE COVER AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAMINATION; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT BIOPSY; MENISCECTOMY; MICROFRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATELLECTOMY; PERIOSTEUM HYPERTROPHY; PERIOSTEUM TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SYNOVECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE ADHESION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79959939853     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.02.010     Document Type: Review

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