Use of cell-free collagen type I matrix implants for the treatment of small cartilage defects in the knee: Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1270-1276

  Schüttler, Karl F ^a   Schenker, Hanno ^a   Theisen, Christina ^a,b   Schofer, Markus D ^a   Getgood, Alan ^c   Roessler, Philip P ^a   Struewer, Johannes ^a   Rominger, Marga B ^a   Efe, Turgay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cartilage repair; Cell free collagen type I; Clinical outcome; Midterm results; MRI

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN TYPE I; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901314388     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2747-x     Document Type: Article

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