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SUBMITTER: Oh SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroscopy techniques 20211118 12
Mesenchymal stem cell treatment has become more widely available and has shown promising potential for the repair of knee articular cartilage defects. More recently, open arthrotomy has been performed via a para-patellar incision for cartilage repair using allogenic human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSCs). However, arthroscopy allows better visualization and leads to earlier gain of the range of motion and less scar formation than open arthrotomy, especially in the ...[more]