REPAIR OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DEFECTS WITH OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN-1 (BMP-7) IN DOGS

Abstract

rhOP-1 (rhBMP-7) induced hyaline cartilage-like repair of full-thickness osteochondral defects in a dog model. Differences in cartilage repair were maintained at fifty-two weeks postoperatively with no significant degradation of the rhOP-1-induced repair tissue.