Specialties
Orthopaedics
Specialties
Shoulder
142 results found in 3ms
OATS mosaicplasty for sports knee cartilage repairOATS mosaicplasty for sports knee cartilage repair
In a ten-year trial of athletes, osteochondral autograft transfer showed 14% treatment failure versus 38% for microfracture, a divergence emerging between years five and ten because fibrocartilage stimulated by microfracture degrades under repetitive athletic loading whilst transplanted hyaline cartilage retains structural integrity.In a ten-year trial of athletes, osteochondral autograft transfer showed 14% treatment failure versus 38% for microfracture, a divergence emerging between years five and ten because fibrocartilage stimulated by microfracture degrades under repetitive athletic loading whilst transplanted hyaline cartilage retains structural integrity.
142 results found in 3ms