title: Repair of sheep articular cartilage defects with a rabbit costal perichondrial graft.
abstract: A xenograft of costal rabbit perichondrium was transplanted to an articular cartilage defect in a sheep knee. After 12 weeks, cartilage was formed with increased calcification of the basal layer and a mean of 74 percent collagen type II. The synovium did not show any infiltration, indicating the absence of any immunologic reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Homminga
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bulstra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuijer
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van der Linden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000601:surgery*; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D015915:Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive; D011817:Rabbits; D012272:Ribs; D012756:Sheep; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen