Microfracture technique versus osteochondral autologous transplantation mosaicplasty in patients with articular chondral lesions of the knee: A prospective randomized trial with long-term follow-up

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1207-1215

  Ulstein, Svend ^a   Årøen, Asbjørn ^a,b   Røtterud, Jan Harald ^a   Løken, Sverre ^c   Engebretsen, Lars ^b,c,d   Heir, Stig ^b,e  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Knee Ligament Registry   (Norway)

^e MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chondral lesion; KOOS; Long term follow up; Lysholm; Microfracture; Mosaicplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CHONDROPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901327483     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-014-2843-6     Document Type: Article

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