Biodegradable polyurethane meniscal scaffold for isolated partial lesions or as combined procedure for knees with multiple comorbidities: Clinical results at 2 years

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-134

  Kon, Elizaveta ^a   Filardo, Giuseppe ^a   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Di Martino, Alessandro ^a   Di Matteo, Berardo ^a   Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria ^a   Busacca, Maurizio ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meniscectomy; Polyurethane meniscal scaffold; Prospective evaluation; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RUPTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RUPTURE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84891659903     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2328-4     Document Type: Article

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