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Original Article

Repair of sheep articular cartilage defects with a rabbit costal perichondrial graft

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Pages 415-418 | Received 26 Jun 1990, Accepted 28 Apr 1991, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A xenograft of costal rabbit perichondrium was trans-planted to an articular cartilage defect in a sheep knee. After 12 weeks, cartilage was formed with increased calcification of the basal layer and a mean of 74 percent collagen type II. the synovium did not show any infiltration, indicating the absence of any immunologic reaction.

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