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Stem Cell Therapy for Hip Cartilage Lesions: Clinical Applications

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Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery

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Hip cartilage lesions represent a diagnostic challenge and can be an elusive source of pain. This chapter will focus on new technologies to enhance the standard techniques. These new technologies are based on stem cell therapies: as intra-articular injections of expanded mesenchymal stem cells, mononuclear concentrate in a platelet-rich plasma matrix, and expanded mesenchymal stem cells seeded in a collagen membrane. This review will discuss the bases, techniques, and preliminary results obtained with the use of stem cells for the treatment of hip cartilage lesions.

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  1. Orthopedics Department, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

    Rodrigo Mardones & Catalina Larrain

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Shane J. Nho

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland

    Michael Leunig

  3. Minnesota Orthopedic Sports Medicine Institute, Twin Cities Orthopedics - Edina, Edina, Minnesota, USA

    Christopher M. Larson

  4. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Asheesh Bedi

  5. Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service and Center for Hip Preservation Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    Bryan T. Kelly

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Mardones, R., Larrain, C. (2015). Stem Cell Therapy for Hip Cartilage Lesions: Clinical Applications. In: Nho, S., Leunig, M., Larson, C., Bedi, A., Kelly, B. (eds) Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6965-0_120

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