Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering

by Eric Darling, Jerry Hu, Kyriacos Athanasiou

Cartilage injuries in children and adolescents are increasingly observed, with roughly 20% of knee injuries in adolescents requiring surgery. In the US alone, costs of osteoarthritis (OA) are in excess of $65 billion per year (both medical costs and lost wages). Comorbidities are common with OA and are also costly to manage. Articular cartilage's low friction and high capacity to bear load makes it critical in the movement of one bone against another,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031014502
• ISBN13: 9783031014505
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"