Cartilage repair in the knee with subchondral drilling augmented with a platelet-rich plasma-immersed polymer-based implant

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1225-1234

  Siclari, Alberto ^a   Mascaro, Gennaro ^a   Gentili, Chiara ^b   Kaps, Christian ^c   Cancedda, Ranieri ^b,d   Boux, Eugenio ^a  

^a Ospedale Degli Infermi di Biella ASLBI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Bone marrow stimulation; Cartilage repair; Knee; Microfracture; PGA HA scaffold; Platelet rich plasma; Polyglycolic acid; Polymer based implant; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

EID: 84901376923     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2484-1     Document Type: Article

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