Therefore, the objective of this study was to report early functional outcomes associated with OCA transplantations to replace large (>4 cm2) bipolar articular cartilage defects in the knee using novel techniques for graft preservation, enhancing bone ingrowth, and implantation. With IRB approval, ...
FIELD: veterinary science.;SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of veterinary medicine, in particular to a method for replacing bone-cartilage defects in joints in sheep. Method includes performing surgical access to the knee joint of the sheep, forming a defect in the loaded surface of the...
Brissett had watched Luck up-close last season and throughout the summer, had seen the torture his friend endured, the discomfort that lingered from the torn rib cartilage and the lacerated kidney, the bum ankle, sore shoulder and mangled thumb. Football had so battered Luck that at one point...
The optimal mechanical properties of musculoskeletal joints are ensured by cartilage and synovial fluid. The failure of these tissues as a result of various arthritis forms leads to the development of diseases [1,2]. For the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), non-steroidal and anti-inflammatory dru...
Major cartilaginous defects of the femoral condyles of the knee joint, caused by chondropathy and chondral trauma can be a precursor to osteoarthritis.Particularly in cases with large defects the therapy often remains unsuccessful. Even the substitution of articular hyaline cartilage by autogenous ...