Teenagers and young adults are increasingly suffering knee injuries, often causing damage to the cartilage. But there's a ...

In a second surgery, these cells are implanted into the defect in the patient’s knee. While a successful transplant can last 15-20 years, without treatment, the patient can develop ...

Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects of the Knee With Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. MedGenMed 2(2), 2000 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 4(2), 2000].

Untreated knee cartilage defects can lead to osteoarthritis, with symptoms such as continuous pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility. Current treatments for cartilage defects are limited to lesion ...

Damage to knee cartilage and bone can limit mobility and cause chronic pain. Now, researchers have developed an off-the-shelf synthetic ‘plug’ that heals the joint and could be an alternative ...

Injecting the thick, paste-like material into the defects, it formed a rubbery matrix, promoting the growth of new, high-quality cartilage as the scaffold gradually degraded.

A recent study determined that bone area predicted the development of medial (inner side) and lateral (outer side) knee cartilage damage and loss of medial cartilage volume. Subchondral bone ...

Knee replacement is a serious surgery that takes many hours and has a long recovery. It helps people with disabling knee pain and extreme cartilage deterioration, but it doesn't last forever.

Vericel Corp.’s Maci for repairing cartilage defects in the knee has been approved by the U.S. FDA via a supplemental biologics license application. Using a patient’s own cells cultured on a porcine ...

A torn meniscus, the cartilage in the knee, is a common sports injury, and unfortunately it doesn’t heal well. But researchers in Japan have now identified a hormone that helps repair the ...