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. 2025 May 31;13(6):1353. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13061353
Abbreviation Meaning
ABBM Anorganic Bovine Bone Mineral
BMAC Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate
BMP Bone Morphogenetic Protein
CHBG Collagenated Heterologous Bone Grafts
GAG Glycosaminoglycan
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
HA Hyaluronic Acid
HAPLN1 Hyaluronan and Proteoglycan Link Protein 1
hUCB-MSCs Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
ICRS CRA International Cartilage Repair Society Cartilage Repair Assessment
IKDC International Knee Documentation Committee
JBI Joanna Briggs Institute
micro-CT Micro-computed Tomography
MIS Minimally Invasive Surgery
MSCs Mesenchymal Stem Cells
OA Osteoarthritis
PCL Poly-ε-caprolactone
PICO Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
RCT Randomized Controlled Trial
ROB-2 Risk of Bias Tool for Randomized Trials
ROBINS-I Risk of Bias In Non-randomized Studies-of Interventions
TCP Tricalcium Phosphate
URPF Ultrasonic Resorbable Pin Fixation
VAS Visual Analog Scale