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[Biomaterials and cell therapy in cartilage disorders].
Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine - 1 Oct 2006
Herbage Daniel, Chajra Hanane, Galois Laurent, Freyria Anne-Marie, Mallein-Gerin Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
Joint cartilage has a poor intrinsic ability to heal. Common surgical treatments for traumatic lesions, after debridement of the chondral defect, include stimulation of subchondral bone (microfracture), perichondrial or periosteal grafting, and mosaicplasty (osteochondral cylinder transplantation). Autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT) was the first application of cell therapy to orthopaedic surgery....
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