Background: The natural history of meniscal tears is unclear. Studies have tried to clarify many aspects. Association with chondral injuries are of main relevance to the long-term status of the knee but evidence is li...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE As mesenchymal stem ceils have the capacity to differentiate into a variety of cells,many have explored the use of those cells for the treatment of chondral defects.This study used such cells ...
Cartilage disorders, including focal cartilage lesions, are among the most common clinical problems in orthopedic practice. Left untreated, large focal lesions may result in progression to osteoarthritis, with tremend...
Objective: The objective is to evaluate the efficacy of using tibial bone marrow delivered to the chondral-bone interface (CBI) via percutaneous chondral bone interface optimization (PeCaBoo) as a therapy for knee ost...
AIM: To investigate the state of the art regarding Cartilage Autograft Implantation System(CAIS) or Particulated Juvenile Allograft Cartilage(PJAC).METHODS: The authors searched the English literature regarding CAIS a...
Treatment of articular cartilage injuries to the knee remains a considerable challenge today. Current procedures succeed in providing relief of symptoms, however damaged articular tissue is not replaced with new tissu...
Background Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI) is the third generation tissue-engineering technique for the treatment of full-thickness articular cartilage defects. The aim of this study was to...
Multiple abscesses of the costo-chondral junctions are very uncommon in practice.In this report we present the case of a 55 year old man who presented to us with chest pain and fever of few months duration.On imaging ...
Bone and cartilage are being generated de novo through concerted actions of a plethora of signals. These act on stem cells (SCs) recruited for lineage-specific differentiation, with cellular phenotypes representing ...