Bipolar radiofrequency ablation does not result in full-thickness articular cartilage penetration: an ex vivo bovine investigation

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• who: Anthony N. Khoury Ph.D. from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval was obtained before experimentation (#DB667)DoP of BRF ablation was evaluated on the femoral condyle, trochlea, and patella of healthy bovine knee hyaline cartilage. A matched pair of knee specimens were obtained from a, month-old, kg specimen euthanized for immediate use. No anatomic defects were observed on the matched knee specimens. A grid was drawn with a surgical marker and ruler on the medial and lateral location of each of the , anatomic sites. (Table, ) The grid was a chiral image for . . .
  

   

  

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