Joint Distraction Promotes Structural Repair In Patients With Severe Knee Osteoarthritis
Friday, June 13, 2008 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
Joint distraction (the use of a surgical frame around a degenerated joint to strengthen and promote repair) promotes cartilage repair in severe end stage osteoarthritis of the knee. Almost complete normalization was achieved within 6 months and sustained up to 2 years later.