Tissue Engineering in der Orthopädischen Chirurgie - Klinischer Effekt und Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse der autologen Chondrozytentransplantation im Kurz- und Langzeitmodell

Abstract

ACT is an expensive and complex procedure. In direct comparison with alternative treatments ACT produces results at least as good in the short-term, and most likely better in the long-term due to the high quality repair tissue. Thus higher initial costs are compensated for with time.