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SUBMITTER: Maruyama M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193256 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maruyama Masahiro M Nabeshima Akira A Pan Chi-Chun CC Behn Anthony W AW Thio Timothy T Lin Tzuhua T Pajarinen Jukka J Kawai Toshiyuki T Takagi Michiaki M Goodman Stuart B SB Yang Yunzhi Peter YP
Biomaterials 20180920
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a debilitating disease that may progress to femoral head collapse and subsequently, degenerative arthritis. Although injection of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMMCs) is often performed with core decompression (CD) in the early stage of ONFH, these treatments are not always effective in prevention of disease progression and femoral head collapse. We previously described a novel 3D printed, customized functionally-graded scaffold (FGS) that imp ...[more]