Clinical Relevance of Scaffolds for Cartilage Engineering

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-254

  LaPorta, Thomas F ^a   Richter, Alexander ^a   Sgaglione, Nicholas A ^a   Grande, Daniel A ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage defects; Cartilage scaffolds; Surgical cartilage repair; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GLUE; GELATIN; GLYCEROL 2 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE SCREW; CHONDROPATHY; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE DISEASE; LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859252808     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: 15581373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2012.02.002     Document Type: Review

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