Knee Articular Cartilage Lesions Degree and Frequency Dependence on Gender, Age and Most Commonly Damaged Cartilage Areas

Rimtautas Gudas, Eimantas Spitrys Abstract Knee articular cartilage lesions are a common and relevant problem. Lesions are influenced by gender, age, race, genetic factors, obesity, trauma, previous inflammatory processes. Modern methods of treatment of osteoarthritis can‘t fully restore degene­ rated cartilage normal function, so it is very important to assess risk factors and identify lesions…