Kota Uematsu

TL;DR: A novel three-dimensional special poly-lactic-glycolic acid (PLGA) scaffold provided architectural support for the differentiation of progenitor cells and demonstrated successful induction of in vivo chondrogenesis.

TL;DR: Demonstration that neither partial infections nor tumours appeared in these patients provided strong evidence for the safety of autologous BMSC transplantation, and this procedure is a safe procedure and will be widely used around the world.

TL;DR: The clinical results were satisfactory and the postoperative arthritic changes were mild in patients aged under 40 years, however, it is necessary to carefully monitorArthritic progression in patients who are aged over 19 years and have valgus deformities, because most of the knees in patients above this age became morevalgus postoperatively.

TL;DR: It is important to note that this type of tear of the posterior horn in the medial meniscus is not rare, and because this area is difficult to visualize arthroscopically, it may be overlooked unless the threshold of suspicion is lowered.

TL;DR: The present study suggests a new quantitative evaluation system for articular cartilage with clinical potential, which shows a smooth curve with a steep initial gradient that flattens gradually at the highest value of echo duration on the echo duration-maximum magnitude graph.