British journal of plastic surgery, cilt.58, sa.1, ss.65-72, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Alternative sources for repair of cartilage defects are limited and donor sites are associated with morbidity. It is known that cartilage development from periosteal grafts is possible. Various factors have been found positively to affect this process in experimental settings. However, all of these studies were limited to joint cartilage.