Surgical restoration/repair of articular cartilage injuries in athletes

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 75-86

  Kane, Patrick ^a   Frederick, Robert ^a   Tucker, Bradford ^a   Dodson, Christopher C ^a   Anderson, John A ^a   Ciccotti, Michael G ^a   Freedman, Kevin B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage injury; Autologous chondrocyte implantation; Microfracture; Osteochondral allograft; Osteochondral autograft transplantation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE INJURY; ATHLETE; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE INJURY; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROFRACTURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDRAL AUTOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES;

EID: 84880601554     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2013.05.2017     Document Type: Article

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