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Chondral and Osteochondral Injuries of the Knee (Visit this link)
- articular cartilage injury and potential for repair;
- rotational forces in direct trauma is the most common cause of injury to the articular cartilage;
- in adults, the tidemark zone is the weak link between the overlying cartilage and subchondral
bone and therefore shearing injuries most often produce a chondral injury rather than
an osteochondral injury;
- in most cases injury is in wt bearing regions of articular cartilage, and usually in the medial compartment (4 times more
common that lateral injuries);
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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