Microfracture for knee chondral defects: A survey of surgical practice among Canadian orthopedic surgeons

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2430-2437

  Theodoropoulos, John ^a   Dwyer, Tim ^a   Whelan, Daniel ^a   Marks, Paul ^b   Hurtig, Mark ^c   Sharma, Pankaj ^a  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chondral defects; Indications; Knee; Microfracture; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CANADA; CHONDROPATHY; CHONDROPLASTY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KNEE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; CANADA; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870291786     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1925-6     Document Type: Article

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