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Cartilage Committee Seminar: Algorithms and Flowcharts for the Treatment of Cartilage Pathology

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There are many published reports on the outcomes of total joint replacement based on clinical scores and radiographic evaluations.

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  1. Region Halland Orthopaedics, Kungsbacka Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden

    Mats Brittberg

  2. Department of Sport and Medicine, Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery International- OASI, Via Amadeo 24, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Alberto Gobbi & Anup Kumar

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics and Osteoarthritis Research, Saarland Univesrity Medical Centre, Gebäude 37, Kirrbergerstr. 1, D-66421, Homburg, Germany

    Henning Madry

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 850 Boylston St., Suite 112, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    Andreas H. Gomoll

  5. Saumya Orthocare: Centre for Advanced Surgeries of the Knee Joint, Ahmedabad, India

    Deepak Goyal MB, M.S. (Orthopaedics), MNAMS, Diplomat of National Board (Orthopaedics)

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Brittberg, M., Gobbi, A., Kumar, A., Madry, H., Gomoll, A.H., Goyal, D. (2012). Cartilage Committee Seminar: Algorithms and Flowcharts for the Treatment of Cartilage Pathology. In: Menetrey, J., Zaffagnini, S., Fritschy, D., van Dijk, N. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29446-4_14

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