title: [The repairment of the condylar cartilage defect by transplantation of chondrocytes embedded in the collagen membrane].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of repairing the defect on the condylar articular cartilage by chondrocyte transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A full-thickness defect was made in the condylar articular cartilage of the adult rabbit. The isolated condylar chondrocytes of the rabbits cultured in vitro for one week were embedded in the collagen membrane, and then transplanted into the defect.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The defects of the condylar articular cartilage were repaired with cartilage tissue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The defect of the condylar articular cartilage could be repaired with articular cartilage-like tissue by transplantation of the condylar chondrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D017690:Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D003094:Collagen; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011817:Rabbits; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D003094:Collagen