Second-generation autologous chondrocyte implantation: Results in patients older than 40 years

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1668-1675

  Kon, Elizaveta ^a   Filardo, Giuseppe ^a   Condello, Vincenzo ^b   Collarile, Marco ^b   Di Martino, Alessandro ^a   Zorzi, Claudio ^b   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Cartilage; Knee; Second generation autologous chondrocyte implantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; ARTHROSCOPY; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 80052537128     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511404675     Document Type: Article

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