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Cartilage repair in osteoarthritic patients: utopia or real opportunity?
Henrotin, Yves; Dubuc, Jean-Emile
2009In F1000 Reports Medecine, 1, p. 88
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Abstract :
[en] As medical advances lengthen average life expectancy, osteoarthritis (OA) will become a larger public health problem - not only because it is a manifestation of aging but also because it usually takes many years to reach clinical relevance. OA is already one of the ten most disabling diseases in industrialized countries. The huge financial burden emphasizes the acute need for new and more effective treatments for articular cartilage defects, especially since there are few disease modifying drugs or treatments for OA. There is no cure for OA and the management of OA is largely palliative, focusing on the alleviation of symptoms. Recent longitudinal non-controlled trials suggest that autologous chondrocyte transplantation techniques, which are indicated for young people with traumatic cartilage defects, could also be used in degenerative defects of elderly people with OA. This report discusses this therapeutic opportunity in view of some recently published data.
Disciplines :
Rheumatology
Author, co-author :
Henrotin, Yves  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Unité de recherche sur l'os et le cartillage (U.R.O.C.) - Didactique des sciences de la santé - Pathologie générale et physiopathologie
Dubuc, Jean-Emile
Language :
English
Title :
Cartilage repair in osteoarthritic patients: utopia or real opportunity?
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
F1000 Reports Medecine
eISSN :
1757-5931
Publisher :
Medicine Reports Limited, United Kingdom
Volume :
1
Pages :
88
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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