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SUBMITTER: Vila Y Rico J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4738290 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vilá Y Rico Jesús J Dalmau Antonio A Chaqués Francisco Javier FJ Asunción Jordi J
Arthroscopy techniques 20151109 6
Bone marrow stimulation (BMS) techniques represent the first-line treatment for unstable osteochondral lesions of the talus or after conservative treatment failure. These techniques are intended to penetrate the subchondral bone to elicit bleeding and allow precursor cells and cytokines from bone marrow to populate the lesion. However, the fibrocartilaginous repair tissue arising after marrow stimulation confers inferior mechanical and biological properties compared with the original hyaline car ...[more]