Strategies for improving the repair of focal cartilage defects

Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2893-2905

  Abdel Sayed, Philippe ^a   Pioletti, Dominique P ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ACI; AMIC; cartilage repair; hydrogel; MACI; microfracture; repair; scaffold

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM SULFATE; COLLAGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; NANOFIBER;

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MARROW STROMA CELL; BONE PLUG; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CARTILAGE IMPLANT; CARTILAGE INJURY; CARTILAGE REPAIR; CELL THERAPY; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFRACTURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGENERATION; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84942013153     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.119     Document Type: Review

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