Please title this page. To date numerous interpositional graft materials have been tested with limited success. Iliac crest apophysis is transplanted between matched pains of rabbits to the lateral portion of the distal femoral epiphysis. Animals are followed from 2 weeks to 10 weeks. The distal femur is resected and the growth - or lack there of is measured.
Histology is done to both qualify and quantify the tissue at the experimental site.
Degenerative arthritis or wearing out of joint surfaces is an increasingly common and costly health care problem. Serious consideration is now being given to biologic replacement as this could potential solve some of the present replacement problems. One biologic material that we have been looking at is amnion. This pluri potential material is normally discarded after birth. This study looks at using amniotic membrane as a surface material on which to grow chondrocytes and osteocytes.