Articular cartilage is the white tissue lining the end of bones where these bones connect to form joints. Cartilage acts as cushioning material and helps in smooth gliding of bones during movement. An injury to the joint may damage this cartilage which cannot repair on its own. Cartilage can be damaged with increasing age, normal wear and tear, or trauma. Damaged cartilage cannot cushion the joints during movement and the joints may rub over each other causing severe pain and inflammation.
Avascular Necrosis
Avascular necrosis also called osteonecrosis, refers to a painful condition which results from lack of blood supply to bone tissue gradually leading to bone death, collapse of the bone, collapse of articular cartilage covering the bone and finally to disabling arthritis.
Cartilage Defects
Articular cartilage is the white tissue lining the end of bones where these bones connect to form joints. Cartilage acts as cushioning material and helps in smooth gliding of bones during movement. An injury to the joint may damage this cartilage which cannot repair on its own. Cartilage can be damaged with increasing age, normal wear and tear, or trauma. Damaged cartilage cannot cushion the joints during movement and the joints may rub over each other causing severe pain and inflammation.
Cartilage Transplantation
Articular or hyaline cartilage is the tissue that covers bone surface of the knee which helps in smooth interaction between the two bones in knee joint. Articular cartilage often gets damaged because of direct blow to the knee, trauma, accidents or fall causing pain, swelling, stiffness, and limited movement of the knee. Furthermore, it has less capacity to repair by itself because of no direct blood supply to cartilage. Therefore, cartilage transplantation helps to replace the damaged cartilage and restore the normal functioning of the knee.
Cartilage Degeneration
Cartilage degeneration refers to the deterioration of the articular cartilage tissue lining the ends of bones where these bones connect to form joints.