Assessment of articular cartilage repair tissue after matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte transplantation or the microfracture technique in the ankle joint using diffusion-weighted imaging at 3 Tesla

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 703-711

  Apprich, S ^a   Trattnig, S ^a   Welsch, G H ^a,b   Noebauer Huhmann, I M ^a   Sokolwski, M ^a   Hirschfeld, C ^a   Stelzeneder, D ^a   Domayer, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; Ankle; Diffusion weighted imaging; MACT; Microfracture; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; MALE; MATRIX ASSOCIATED AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; MICROFRACTURE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862134143     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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