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ArticleCureus2025

Clinical Experience With an Aragonite-Based Scaffold Implant for Knee Cartilage Repair: A Multicenter Case Series.

Nirav H Amin, Scott C Faucett, Charles Qin, Chaitu S Malempati, Ronak M Patel, Christopher P Dougherty, Arnold Lim, Corey Kendall, R Kyle Martin, Cassandra A Lee

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nirav H AminOrthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine, Premier Orthopaedic and Trauma Specialists, Pomona, USA.
Scott C FaucettOrthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine, Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, Washington, D.C., USA.
Charles QinSports Medicine, Cheshire Medical Center, Keene, USA.
Chaitu S MalempatiSports Medicine and Orthopedics, Med Center Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Bowling Green, USA.
Ronak M PatelOrthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Westmont, USA.
Christopher P DoughertySports Medicine, Arkansas Center for Arthroscopy, Bentonville, USA.
Arnold LimSports Medicine, Tenaya Medical Group, Merced, USA.
Corey KendallSports Medicine, OrthoIndy, Indianapolis, USA.
R Kyle MartinOrthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Cassandra A LeeOrthopaedic Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background There is a growing interest in the use of biomaterials to treat chondral and osteochondral knee lesions, given their ability to replicate the biological and functional properties needed for simultaneous cartilage and bone regeneration. A novel aragonite-based, cell-free biomimetic scaffold (CARTIHEAL AGILI-C

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aragonitecartilagecase serieschondraldataknee lesions repairosteochondralsafetysports medicine

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PMID40535950
PMCPMC12174689

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