Items tagged “cartilage”
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Case
Humeral head cartilage thining
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06 Jul 2011
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Physeal anatomy - illustration
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31 Jan 2014
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Cartilage thinning - adult hip ultrasound
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17 Feb 2014
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Costal cartilage injury
Costal cartilage injuries occur in the cartilage connecting the ribs anteriorly to the sternum. They most commonly manifest as edema and fractures with the latter being the focus of this article.
Epidemiology
There is little published data (c. 2021) on costal cartilage fractures. Most reporte...
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Chondromalacia grading
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25 Mar 2016
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Parathyroid gland (illustrations)
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16 May 2017
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Microfracture
Microfracture is a commonly performed cartilage repair or marrow stimulation method, which induces fibrocartilage growth by creating small microcracks into the subchondral bone.
History
First reports on mesenchymal stem cell stimulation date back to 1946 1. The microfracture technique, how it ...
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Osteochondral allograft transplantation
Osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) is a tissue-based cartilage reconstruction or replacement method which can be also performed for chondral and osteochondral lesions of larger size.
History
Allograft replacement of osteochondral lesions was first described back in 1908 1.
Indicati...
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Cartilage repair
Cartilage repair and reconstruction comprises different surgical methods for the restoration of the chondral surface within different diarthrodial joints, with the goal to promote cartilage healing, alleviate patient symptoms as well as enable them to return to daily activities and sports and pr...
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Cartilage injury (overview)
The term cartilage injury or articular cartilage injury summarizes a spectrum of different cartilage lesions that are usually used in the context of hyaline cartilage damage within diarthrodial joints.
In a narrower sense, the term cartilage injury describes types of articular injury with spari...
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Articular cartilage
Articular cartilage refers to the cartilaginous connective tissue covering the bony surfaces of diarthrodial joints.
Gross anatomy
Articular cartilage is hyaline cartilage and is composed of a low density of chondrocytes surrounded by an abundant extracellular matrix. The extracellular matrix ...
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Cartilage
Cartilage or cartilaginous tissue is a resilient and type of connective tissue of mesodermal origin that forms an integral part within the musculoskeletal system and as a structural component in other organs.
Cartilage can be generally classified into the following main types:
hyaline car...
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Tubercle of Assaki
The tubercle of Assaki, also known as the tubercle of Asskay 3, is a small bony protuberance of the central part of the glenoid fossa with accompanying thinning of articular cartilage in this location 1.
Pathology
It is presumably caused by the constant pressure of the humeral head exerted on ...
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