The surface articular cartilage has been destroyed and marked osteoarthritic ... Patients who develop osteonecrosis in the weight bearing part of the knee joint with a large area of involvement are ...

In this situation, the tibia is bent at the proximal metaphysis and the tibial articular surface (TAS) may be shift medially. The medial shift of the TAS will increase the mechanical loading in the ...

CONCLUSIONS The thickness of articular cartilage seems to be related to the congruance of a joint; thin cartilage is found in congruent joints such as the ankle, whereas thick cartilage is found in ...

After the hip and knee, the shoulder is the third most common joint ... joint in which there is damage to the smooth cartilage covering a moving surface of a joint (called the articular cartilage), ...

Intra-articular joint injections are common ... the degree of improvement varies by joint type. For larger joints, such as the knee, the benefits of ultrasound guidance may be less pronounced ...

Articular cartilage is important because it provides a smooth surface for your bones to guide ... Nonsurgical treatment may include physical therapy, knee bracing, anti-inflammatory medication and ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The OATS (osteoarticular transfer system) procedure is a type of surgical procedure called mosaicplasty that is used to treat a knee injury called focal ...

Intra-articular steroid ... the risk of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) following joint replacement surgeries, such as total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

This protocol aims to detail a planned systematic review and meta-analysis on the comparative efficacy and safety of single-dose intra-articular injection of analgesics ... studies concerning ...

OA is a painful condition in which the cartilage layer in a joint ... whether articular cartilage becomes calcified early in ...