Transection of vessels in epiphyseal cartilage canals leads to osteochondrosis and osteochondrosis dissecans in the femoro-patellar joint of foals; a potential model of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans

Abstract

Conclusion: The ischaemic hypothesis for the pathogenesis of OC has been reproduced experimentally in foals. There are several similarities between OCD in animals and JOCD in children. It should be investigated whether JOCD also occurs due to a focal failure in the cartilage canal blood supply, followed by ischaemic chondronecrosis. (C) 2013 Osteoarthritis Research Society International. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Epiphyseal growth cartilage; Vessel transection; Ischaemic chondronecrosis; Osteochondrosis; Osteochondrosis dissecans; Juvenile osteochondritis dissecans

Published in

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
2013, volume: 21, number: 5, pages: 730-738
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

SLU Authors

• Ekman, Stina

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Orthopedics
Pathobiology
Clinical Medicine

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2013.02.005

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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