Early changes in the composition of rabbit articular cartilage following experimentally produced intra-articular fractures. A histological and thermoanalytical study.
Intra-articular fractures were produced in rabbit knee joints. The articular cartilage of the injured joints was processed histologically and analysed by a complex thermoanalytical method. It was demonstrated that intra-articular fractures in the early stages have essentially no irreversible damaging effects on the composition of articular cartilage of injured joints.
D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D013696:Temperature; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors