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SUBMITTER: Tey M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4427612 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tey Marc M Mas Jesús J Pelfort Xavier X Monllau Joan Carles JC
Arthroscopy techniques 20150119 1
Microfracture, the current standard of care for the treatment of non-degenerative chondral lesions in the hip joint, is limited by the poor quality of the filling fibrocartilaginous tissue. BST-CarGel (Piramal Life Sciences, Laval, Quebec, Canada) is a chitosan-based biopolymer that, when mixed with fresh, autologous whole blood and placed over the previously microfractured area, stabilizes the blood clot and enhances marrow-triggered wound-healing repair processes. BST-CarGel has been previousl ...[more]