P323 IS DISEASED CARTILAGE MORE HOMOGENOUS THAN HEALTHY CARTILAGE?

Cartilage Tympanoplasty: Is it more effective than temporalis fascia grafting for tympanoplasty?

Chronic suppurative otitis media is a disease which is a major cause of morbidity in our country. A large proportion of these patients have safe (mucosal) chronic suppurative otitis media. It leads to otorrhoea and deafness which hampers productivity of many individuals. Otolaryngologist play an important role in its correction and amelioration by conservative or operative procedures. One such ...

Is cartilage tympanoplasty more effective than fascia tympanoplasty? A systematic review.

OBJECTIVE A systematic review to compare the effectiveness of the use of cartilage (with or without perichondrium) with temporalis fascia used in tympanoplasty. DATA SOURCE The following databases were searched for relevant studies: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library including the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google scholar, and the PubMed. There was no restricti...

Yet more evidence that osteoarthritis is not a cartilage disease.

I n this issue of the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, Tan et al report the results of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hrMRI) of interphalangeal joints of 20 subjects who had ‘‘clinically osteoarthritic’’ and painful finger joints for ,l year. The MRI observations are supported by histological and radiographic examination of dissecting room specimens of apparently non-arthritic interph...

Diagnostic Modalities for Diseased Articular Cartilage—From Defect to Degeneration

The progression of cartilage matrix damage to generalized degeneration is associated with specific pathophysiological and clinical aspects. Reliable detection of stage-related characteristics of cartilage disease serves both a therapeutic and prognostic goal. Over the past years, several (pre)clinical diagnostic modalities for cartilage pathologies have been advocated. Each modality focuses on ...

Cartilage in osteoarthritic joints is not automatically osteoarthritic cartilage.