Adjuvant therapies for the enhancement of microfracture technique in cartilage repair

The classic technique of microfracture does not promote hyaline cartilage restoration. Subchondral bone perforations lead to the formation of a clot containing pluripotent progenitor cells and finally the cartilage defect is filled by fibrocartilage tissue. Researchers have focused on enhancing the...

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Main Authors: Nikitas Schizas, Olga Savvidou, Ioannis Triantafyllopoulos, Stamatios Papadakis, Ismene Dontas, Panayiotis Papagelopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Medical Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Orthopedic Reviews
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Online Access:https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/7950