Efficacy of robot-assisted core decompression combined with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for osteonecrosis of the femoral head.

Journal: European review for medical and pharmacological sciences
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the effects of robot-assisted core decompression combined with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (hUC-MSC) transplantation for early-stage osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH).

Authors

  • Y-L Yang
    Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Jiangning Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. lxhjnyy@163.com.
  • H Wang
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 500 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.
  • Q Hu
  • D Yu
  • H-L Zhang
  • B Wang
    Shandong Weigao Surgical Robot Company, Weihai, China.
  • C Wang
    Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
  • J-H Cui
  • C Zhu
    From the School of Computer Science and Engineering (R.H., B.Z., C.Z.) anandawork@126.com.
  • X-H Liu