Clinical and radiological outcomes 5 years after matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation in patients with symptomatic, traumatic chondral defects

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2273-2280

  Marlovits, Stefan ^a,b,c   Aldrian, Silke ^a,c   Wondrasch, Barbara ^d,e   Zak, Lukas ^a,c   Albrecht, Christian ^a,c   Welsch, Goetz ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Vienna Sports Medicine Center   (Austria)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

cartilage repair; clinical outcomes; matrix induced autologous chondrocyte implantation; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPATHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867075894     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512457008     Document Type: Article

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