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Treatment of posttraumatic and focal osteoarthritic cartilage defects of the knee with autologous polymer-based three-dimensional chondrocyte grafts: 2-year clinical results

Christian Ossendorf1, Christian Kaps2*, Peter C Kreuz1, Gerd R Burmester2, Michael Sittinger2 and Christoph Erggelet1

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1 Department of Traumotology and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany

2 Department of Rheumatology, Charité Campus Mitte, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007, 9:R41 doi:10.1186/ar2180

Published: 23 April 2007

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An EPS file showing the clinical outcome after 2 years evaluated by the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS).

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Additional file 2:

An EPS file showing the clinical outcome after 2 years, evaluated by the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) SF-36 score.

Format: EPS Size: 4.5MB Download file

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