Characterization of subchondral bone repair for marrow-stimulated chondral defects and its relationship to articular cartilage resurfacing

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1731-1740

  Chen, Hongmei ^a   Chevrier, Anik ^a   Hoemann, Caroline D ^a   Sun, Jun ^b   Ouyang, Wei ^a   Buschmann, Michael D ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Piramal Enterprises Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Bone marrow stimulation; Cartilage repair; Drilling; Microfracture; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE REGENERATION; CHONDROPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; LEG BONES; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052529054     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511403282     Document Type: Article

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