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Long‐term results of superficial defects in articular cartilage: A scanning electronmicroscope study
Author(s) -
Ghadially F. N.,
Thomas I.,
Oryschak A. F.,
Lalonde JM.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711210404
Subject(s) - university hospital , general hospital , medicine , library science , general surgery , family medicine , computer science
Superficial defects produced in rabbit articular cartilage were studied with the scanning electron microscope over a period of 2 yr. It would appear that at first a new layer of matrix forms on the injured surface but that this is abraded away by joint movement so that even after 2 yr the defect does not heal. In some instances the general articular surface developed superficial fissures, deep ravines, and foci of fibrillation.