DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF LARGE-SIZED ENGINEERED CARTILAGE CONSTRUCTS IN FULL –THICKNESS CHONDRAL DEFECTS IN A RABBIT MODEL

Long-term applicability of current surgical interventions for the repair of articular cartilage is jeopardized by the formation of mechanically inferior repair tissue. Cartilage tissue engineering offers the possibility of developing functional repair tissue, similar to that of native cartilage, ena...

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Main Author: BRENNER, JILLIAN
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6988