Cartilage Integration: Evaluation of the reasons for failure of integration during cartilage repair. A review
Articular cartilage is a challenging tissue to reconstruct or replace principally because of its avascular nature; large chondral lesions in the tissue do not spontaneously heal. Where lesions do penetrate the bony subchondral plate, formation of hematomas and the migration of mesenchymal stem cell...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AO Research Institute Davos
2008-09-01
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Series: | European Cells & Materials |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol016/pdf/v016a04.pdf |