Determination of Viability of Human Cartilage Allografts by a Rapid and Quantitative Method Not Requiring Cartilage Digestion
Fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation is increasingly used for the treatment of cartilage pathologies of the knee. It is believed that transplantation success depends on the presence of viable chondrocytes in the graft, but methods to evaluate graft viability require the isolation of chondro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-07-01
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Series: | Cell Transplantation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3727/096368908786516783 |