Haartmans, Mirella J. J.
Claes, Britt S. R.
Eijkel, Gert B.
Emanuel, Kaj S.
Tuijthof, Gabrielle J. M.
Heeren, Ron M. A.
Emans, Pieter J.
Cillero-Pastor, Berta
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dutch Province of Limburg (LINK (Limburg INvesteert in haar Kenniseconomie))
Dutch Research Council (STW P15-23, William Hunter Revisited)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2023
Revised: 12 July 2023
Accepted: 14 July 2023
First Online: 28 July 2023
Declarations
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: The Medical Ethics Committee (MEC) assigned non-WMO (wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek, law for medical-scientific research in humans in the Netherlands) approval for the collection of waste material during TKA (ID: MEC 2017–0183, 2017) or cartilage repair surgery (ID: MEC 2018–0963, 2018).
: Human infrapatellar fat pads were collected as surgical waste material from patients with moderate- to late-stage OA undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and control patients undergoing cartilage repair surgery for an osteochondral defect in a femoral condyle at the Maastricht University Medical Center + (MUMC +).
: The authors declare no competing interests.PE is co-founder and shareholder of Chondropeptix and Avalanche Medical, as well as consultant for several companies. None of them are related to this study.