Periosteal grafts are harvested from the perichondrial tissue and grafted to the articular cartilage defect.

It should also be noted that both genotypes assayed here develop cartilage defects, which may explain the relatively moderate differences.

Surgical management of cartilage defects in athletes.

Mid-season, he developed a cartilage defect in his right knee which ruled him out of the remainder of the season.

Many different strategies have been proposed as solutions for cartilage defects.

Chronic articular cartilage defects do not heal spontaneously.

Schilling, recovering from off-season surgery to repair a torn tendon and a cartilage defect in his right ankle, was placed on the disabled list Friday.

Several surgical techniques have been developed in the effort to repair articular cartilage defects.

Wang et al.(2006) found that small articular cartilage defects can progress to osteoarthritis over time if left untreated.

Other major causes of debilitating pain include meniscus tears, cartilage defects, and ligament tears.