High occurrence of osteoarthritic histopathological features unaccounted for by traditional scoring systems in lateral femoral condyles from total knee arthroplasty patients with varus alignment

Background and purpose — A better understanding of the patterns and variation in initiation and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee may influence the design of therapies to prevent or slow disease progression. By studying cartilage from the human lateral femoral condyle (LFC), we aimed to...

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Main Authors: Venkata P Mantripragada, Nicolas S Piuzzi, Terri Zachos, Nancy A Obuchowski, George F Muschler, Ronald J Midura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-03-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1398559