Autologous costal chondral transplantation and costa-derived chondrocyte implantation: emerging surgical techniques

It is a great challenge to cure symptomatic lesions and considerable defects of hyaline cartilage due to its complex structure and poor self-repair capacity. If left untreated, unmatured degeneration will cause significant complications. Surgical intervention to repair cartilage may prevent progress...

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Main Authors: Youshui Gao, Junjie Gao, Hengyuan Li, Dajiang Du, Dongxu Jin, Minghao Zheng, Changqing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X19877131