Treatment of subchondral cystic lesions of the medial femoral condyle of mature horses with growth factor enhanced chondrocyte grafts: A retrospective study of 49 cases

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 606-613

  Ortved, K F ^a   Nixon, A J ^a   Mohammed, H O ^a   Fortier, L A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrocyte implantation; Graft; Horse; Insulin like growth factor I; Medial femoral condyle; Subchondral cystic lesion

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE CYST; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; BONE CYSTS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROCYTES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BOVINAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84865197980     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2011.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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