Knee replacement surgery involves removing the damaged cartilage and replacing it with an artificial joint made of metal or polyethylene. While this surgery can be successful, it is a major ...

The hope is that one day, they will be able to restore a joint to full working order without the long recovery time ...

After years of searching, scientists have finally developed a form of artificial ... resistance to the cartilage. When squished together -- say by the pressure of a bending knee joint -- the ...

And again, the artificial version proved to be three times more wear-resistant than natural cartilage. Hydrogels have historically been tricky to anchor to bone in a knee joint, so the team also ...

When all the cartilage in the knee is gone and bone meets bone ... CartiHeal Agili-C is a new kind of artificial plug that shares some similarities with the older methods but brings something ...

An artificial knee replaces a portion of the knee joint. Specifically, a surgeon removes damaged cartilage around the bone and small pieces of bone, replacing these with metal components and ...

Replacing cartilage is a stubborn problem, but new research shows a few potential paths forward. Millions of U.S. residents—perhaps up to 3 percent of the population—have an artificial hip ...

Artificial joints, or prostheses, are composed of steel that replaces the bone and plastic that replaces the cartilage. The new knee replacements were introduced two years ago in Asian and middle ...

Aside from athletic injuries, knee damage tends to be relegated to the realm of the gray-haired. But new research suggests ...

Mimicking articular cartilage, found in our knee and hip joints ... One potential solution is to implant artificial scaffolds made of proteins that help the cartilage regenerate itself as the ...

Osteochondral defects (OCDs) can cause damage to cartilage and underlying ... surgery where parts of the damaged knee joint are replaced by an artificial or prosthetic comprised of metal and ...