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SUBMITTER: Gelber PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019868 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gelber Pablo E PE Erquicia Juan I JI Ramírez-Bermejo Eduard E Fariñas Oscar O Monllau Juan C JC
Arthroscopy techniques 20180528 6
Large post-traumatic osteochondral defects of the proximal tibia in young active patients can be challenging because total or partial arthroplasties are to be avoided. The use of a fresh osteochondral allograft including its meniscus is one of the few options to biologically treat these injuries. Although the use of a fresh allograft is not easily accessible in some places and carries considerable logistical limitations, it is an alternative that provides viable chondrocytes to the defect. The i ...[more]