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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-09-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X19877131 |