Clinical outcome and return to competition after microfracture in the athlete's knee: An evidence-based systematic review

Cartilage

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-120

  Mithoefer, Kai ^a   Gill, Thomas J ^b   Cole, Brian J ^c   Williams, Riley J ^d   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^e Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Cartilage; Injury; Microfracture; Repair; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863115800     PISSN: 19476035     EISSN: 19476043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947603510366576     Document Type: Review

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