Optimising femoral-head osteochondral allograft transplantation in a preclinical model

Optimising femoral-head osteochondral allograft transplantation in a preclinical model

Background/Objective: Osteochondral autografting and allografting of the femoral head have been described as treatments for avascular necrosis without segmental collapse, fracture, osteochondritis dissecans, and tumours. One long-term study reported that 80% of nonsteroid-treated patients had succes...

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Main Authors: Brett D. Crist, Aaron M. Stoker, Ferris M. Pfeiffer, Keiichi Kuroki, Cristi R. Cook, Samuel P. Franklin, James P. Stannard, James L. Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
Subjects:
avascular necrosis
chondrocyte viability
femoral head
osteochondral autografting
osteochondral allografting
translational canine model
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X15000844

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