Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 225-233 , February 2012

A Pilot Study of the Use of an Osteochondral Scaffold Plug for Cartilage Repair in the Knee and How to Deal With Early Clinical Failures

  • Aad A.M. Dhollander, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Laboratory of Connective Tissue Biology, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Aad A.M. Dhollander, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185 (P5), 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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  • Koen Liekens, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Karl F. Almqvist, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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  • René Verdonk, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Stijn Lambrecht, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Connective Tissue Biology, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Dirk Elewaut, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Connective Tissue Biology, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Gust Verbruggen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Connective Tissue Biology, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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  • Peter C.M. Verdonk, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Stedelijk Ziekenhuis Roeselare, Roeselare, Belgium

Received 12 January 2011 ,Accepted 27 July 2011.

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 A.A.M.D. and K.L. have contributed equally to this article and share first authorship. The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(11)00994-7

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.07.017

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 225-233 , February 2012

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