Female patients report comparable results to males after the implantation of an aragonite-based scaffold for the treatment of knee chondral and osteochondral defects: a gender-based analysis of a RCT at 4 years’ follow-up

Abstract Background The aim of the study was to provide a gender-based analysis of the results of a large, multi-centre randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing a novel cell-free aragonite-based scaffold with the standard of care (i.e. debridement/microfractures) for the treatment of chondral/ost...

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Published in:	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Main Authors:	Elizaveta Kon, Francesca De Caro, Vinod Dasa, Jason M Scopp, Berardo Di Matteo, David Flanigan, Nogah Shabshin, Sabrina Strickland, Nir Altschuler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2025-03-01
Subjects:	Aragonite Scaffold Cartilage Gender Microfracture Randomized
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s10195-025-00829-y