Five-year outcome of characterized chondrocyte implantation versus microfracture for symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee: early treatment matters

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2566-2574

  Vanlauwe, Johan ^a   Saris, Daniel B F ^b,c   Victor, Jan ^d   Almqvist, Karl Fredrik ^d   Bellemans, Johan ^a   Luyten, Frank P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

autologous chondrocyte implantation; cartilage repair; chondral; chondrocyte; Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS); long term; microfracture; randomized controlled trial; regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455224840     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511422220     Document Type: Article

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