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Treatment of articular cartilage lesions of the knee joint using a modified AMIC technique
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 12/16/09

Pascarella A et al. – This technique allows advantages of both the Pridie technique and the in situ proliferation of mesenchymal cells beneath a biological collagen membrane, ‘augmented’, with bone marrow blood. The collagen membrane forms the roof of a ‘biological chamber’, and serves to protect and contains the stem cells as they differentiate into chondrocytes, which will form a healthy regenerative cartilage.

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Antonio Pascarella, 12/16/09

This is a simple and effective technique in our hands. We hope that other authors perform it in order to compare the results.