Fig. 44.1 Lipoaspiration of abdominal adipose tissue performed in the clinic setting Subcutaneous adipose tissue is rich in mature adipocytes (67.6%), but also consists of blood vessels, leucocytes, fibroblasts, macrophages,…
Fig. 39.1. (a) Osteochondritis dissecans lesion of the medial femoral condyle (MFC) of a right knee. (b) Pasting of morselized bone graft into the defect to reconstruct subchondral bone deficit….
Fig. 52.1 Partial anterior cruciate ligament tear demonstrating disruption of the anteromedial bundle (a), with an intact and edematous posterolateral bundle (b) Table 52.1 Gobbi classification of anterior cruciate ligament…
Fig. 41.1 (a) Bone marrow aspirate harvested from the iliac crest. (b) Processing of hyaluronic acid-based scaffold prior to final size matching. (c) Final biologic graft (HA-BMAC) created by application…
Type Description No. of patients I Anteromedial bundle partial lesion (<100%) 20 II Posterolateral bundle partial lesion (<100%) 4 II Both bundles partially torn 12 IV Complete tear 0 25.3…
Collagen type MW Quantity Location in the tendon Type I 95,000 97–98% Collagen fibers, endotenon, epitenon, paratenon, MTJ Type II 95,000 0.2–0.8% Cartilaginous area of OTJ Type III 95,000 1–1.5%…
Fig. 50.1 Articular cartilage structure. Articular cartilage is organized in four distinct regions: (1) the gliding zone (or superficial tangential), composed of thin collagen fibrils in tangential array and associated…
Fig. 16.1 Microfragmented adipose tissue 16.6 Results Our study included a group of 20 patients with mean age of 61 years and OA of the knee grade 1, 2 and…
Fig. 8.1 Clinical images depicting the progression from peripheral blood draw to centrifuged specimen resulting in the extracted plasma product to be used for treatment. (From Left to Right) Peripheral…
