Ten-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized clinical study of mosaic osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of osteochondral defects in the knee joint of athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2499-2508

  Gudas, Rimtautas ^a   Gudaite, Agne ^a   Pocius, Arnoldas ^a   Gudiene, Asta ^b   Čekanauskas, Emilis ^a   Monastyreckiene, Egle ^a   Basevičius, Algidas ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b Vita Longa Family Clinic   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

articular cartilage; athletes; microfracture; osteochondral autologous transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPLASTY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868255612     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512458763     Document Type: Article

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