New trends for knee cartilage regeneration: From cell-free scaffolds to mesenchymal stem cells

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Kon, Elizaveta ^a   Filardo, Giuseppe ^a   Roffi, Alice ^a   Andriolo, Luca ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Mesenchymal stem cells; One step surgery; Osteochondral; Regeneration; Scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CELL MANIPULATION; CHONDRAL LESION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KNEE CARTILAGE REGENERATION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MORBIDITY; OSTEOCHONDRAL LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 84866378919     PISSN: 1935973X     EISSN: 19359748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12178-012-9135-x     Document Type: Article

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