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SUBMITTER: Daltro G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5964644 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daltro Gildasio G Franco Bruno Adelmo BA Faleiro Thiago Batista TB Rosário Davi Araujo Veiga DAV Daltro Paula Braga PB Meyer Roberto R Fortuna Vitor V
BMC musculoskeletal disorders 20180522 1
<h4>Background</h4>The purpose of our study was to evaluate safety, feasibility and clinical results of bone marrow mononuclear cell (BMC) implantation for early-stage osteonecrosis of the knee (OK) secondary to sickle cell disease.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty-three SCD patients (45 knees) with OK treated with BMC implantation in the osteonecrotic lesion were clinically and functionally evaluated through the American Knee Society Clinical Score (KSS), Knee Functional Score (KFS) and Numeric Rating Sca ...[more]