Osteochondral tissue engineering approaches for articular cartilage and subchondral bone regeneration

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1182-1191

  Panseri, Silvia ^a,b,c   Russo, Alessandro ^a   Cunha, Carla ^a   Bondi, Alice ^a   Di Martino, Alessandro ^a   Patella, Silvia ^a,b   Kon, Elizaveta ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Growth factors; Osteochondral defect; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE CELL; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BONE AND BONES; BONE REGENERATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; JOINTS; KNEE INJURIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84861347157     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1655-1     Document Type: Review

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