Repair of osteochondral defect using icariin-conditioned serum combined with chitosan in rabbit knees

• Main Authors: Juntao Zhang (Author), Dong Ming (Author), Qiang Ji (Author), Aifeng Liu (Author), Chao Zhang (Author), Jianjie Jiao (Author), Man Shang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Osteochondral defects caused by an acute traumatic injury or articular degeneration remains difficult to be manipulated. Repair of articular defects is still a great challenge for both tissue engineers and orthopedic surgeons. Therefore, combination of biomaterials with cartilage...