Augmented microfracture: Is this the holy grail that we have been searching for in the treatment of cartilage injuries?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Khazzam, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BST CARGEL; CELL FREE POLYMER; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN PATCH; HYALURONIC ACID; PLATELET RICH PLASMA GEL; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID HYALURONAN SCAFFOLD; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID PATCH; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHITOSAN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CHONDROGENESIS; HYALINE CARTILAGE; KNEE INJURY; MICROFRACTURE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE REPAIR; ARTHROSCOPY; CHONDROPLASTY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHITOSAN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84891529580     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00381     Document Type: Note

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