Ahrend, Marc-Daniel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-4182
Aurich, Matthias
Becher, Christoph
Ateschrang, Atesch
Schröter, Steffen
Walther, Markus
Gottschalk, Oliver
Plaass, Christian
Ettinger, Sarah
Zinser, Wolfgang
Körner, Daniel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Arthrose Hilfe e.V.
Article History
Received: 27 May 2020
Accepted: 16 July 2020
First Online: 31 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: OG received reimbursement of speaker fees and travel expenses from Geistlich Pharma AG. CP is a consultant of Medartis. CP or his institution received personal or scientific support from the following companies: Implantcast, Medartis, Stryker, DePuySynthes, Arthrex, OPED, Albrecht and Synthelix. There is no relevant conflict of interest regarding this paper. All other authors declare no potential conflict of interest.
: The German Cartilage Registry is financially supported by the Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe e.V. and the Stiftung Oskar-Helene-Heim.
: The data used in this study were obtained from the <i>German Cartilage Registry (KnorpelRegister DGOU)</i>. Approval was given by the institutional review board (IRB) at every participating clinical centre. The identification number of the IRB of the study coordination centre at the University Hospital of Freiburg, Germany is B-F-2013-075#A1.