Clinical Efficacy of the Microfracture Technique for Articular Cartilage Repair in the Knee
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- 26 February 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 37 (10), 2053-2063
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546508328414
Abstract
Background Despite the popularity of microfracture as a first-line treatment for articular cartilage defects in the knee, systematic information on its clinical efficacy for articular cartilage repair and long-term improvement of knee function is not available.This publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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