Editors:
- Comprehensive text covering diverse topics related to the health, disease and therapy of articular cartilage of the knee, from basic principles to future directions for research
- Discusses normal articular cartilage, aging and degeneration, evaluation and assessment, non-surgical approaches, surgical approaches, qualitative and quantitative assessment of repair, research into cartilage repair and engineering, and future prospects for therapy
- A singular resource for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, pathologists and the broad spectrum of professionals working with articular cartilage
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Normal Articular Cartilage
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Aging and Degeneration of Articular Cartilage
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Knee Articular Cartilage Injury: Evaluation and Assessment
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Repair of Knee Articular Cartilage Injury: Non-surgical Approaches
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Repair of Knee Articular Cartilage: Surgical Approaches
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Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Articular Cartilage Repair
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About this book
A multidisciplinary collection of basic, translational and clinical material, Articular Cartilage of the Knee is a singular resource for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, pathologists and the broad spectrum of professionals working with articular cartilage.
Editors and Affiliations
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Orthopaedic Science Consulting Services, Oakville, Canada
Harpal K. Gahunia
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Allan E. Gross, Lucas Murnaghan
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Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Kenneth P.H. Pritzker
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Saskatchewan Health Authority Department Head of Medical Imaging, University of Saskatchewan and Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatoon, Canada
Paul S. Babyn
About the editors
Harpal K. Gahunia, MSc, PhD, President and CEO, Orthopaedic Science Consulting Services, Oakville, ON, Canada
Allan E. Gross, MD, FRCSC, Bernard I. Ghert Family Foundation, Chair, Lower Extremity Reconstructive Surgery, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kenneth P. H. Pritzker, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Pathologist, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Paul S. Babyn, MD, FRCPC, Head, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Saskatchewan and Saskatoon Health Region, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Lucas Murnaghan, MD, Med, FRCSC, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Orthopedic Surgeon, The Hospital for Sick Children and Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Articular Cartilage of the Knee
Book Subtitle: Health, Disease and Therapy
Editors: Harpal K. Gahunia, Allan E. Gross, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Paul S. Babyn, Lucas Murnaghan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7587-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7585-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-7587-7
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 498
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour
Topics: Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Sports Medicine