Patellar chondral defects: A review of a challenging entity

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1990-2001

  Mouzopoulos, George ^a   Borbon, Carlo ^a   Siebold, Rainer ^a  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondral; Defect; Knee; Lesion; Patellar

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGORITHMS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PATELLA; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 81155137754     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1546-5     Document Type: Review

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