Cartilage Defect Treatments: With or without Cells? Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Chondrocytes? Traditional or Matrix-Assisted? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

<div>Forest plots and Begg’s funnel plots of studies comparing cell-based with the cell-free cartilage treatments. (a) Forest plots and Begg’s funnel plots conducted by using the number of patients achieved excellent and good results. (b) Forest plots and Begg’s funnel plots conducted by using mean scores and standard deviations.</div>

Stem Cells International

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Figure 3: Cartilage Defect Treatments: With or without Cells? Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Chondrocytes? Traditional or Matrix-Assisted? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses 

Figure 3 | Cartilage Defect Treatments: With or without Cells? Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Chondrocytes? Traditional or Matrix-Assisted? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses 