The treatment of chondral and osteochondral defects of the knee with autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis (AMIC): Method description and recent developments

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1316-1319

  Benthien, Jan Philipp ^a   Behrens, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMIC; Chondral defects; Microfracturing; Osteochondral defects

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROGENESIS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE WIRES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960294438     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1356-1     Document Type: Article

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