Principles of Cartilage Repair

Cartilage defects affect patients of all age groups. Surgeons, teamdoctors, general practitioners and physiotherapists alike are expected to provide adequate care. Only individual treatment plans combining a well balanced choice of various options will be successful. Background knowledge, operative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Erggelet, Christoph (Autor), Mandelbaum, Bert R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Heidelberg : Steinkopff : Imprint: Steinkopff, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Orthopedics.
Surgery.
Orthopaedics.
General Surgery.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Articular Cartilage Biology: Chondrocytes; Collagen; Proteoglycans; The subchondral bone
  • Etiology of Articular Cartilage Lesions: Trauma; Malalignments; Meniscus; Instability; Osteochondrosis dissecans (OD); Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Genetic factors; Obesity; Cartilage tumors; Microtrauma
  • Diagnostics: Clinical examination; Radiography; Magnetic resonance tomography; Classification of articular cartilage lesions and criteria for choosing appropriate therapy
  • Conservative Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects: Drug treatment; Physical therapy
  • Operative Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects: Refixation of detached cartilage fragments; Joint lavage/cartilage shaving/débridement; Bone marrow stimulation techniques (drilling, abrasion, microfracture); Augmented microfracture techniques; Osteochondral transplantation; Autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT); ACT - New procedures; Correctional osteotomies; Implantation of non-resorbable cartilage replacements
  • Important Analytic Methods.

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