Quantitative Arthroscopic Assessment of Articular Cartilage Quality by Means of Cartilage Electromechanical Properties

Tomas Mickevicius; Justinas Maciulaitis; Arvydas Usas; Rimtautas Gudas

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2018.03.003

Quantitative Arthroscopic Assessment of Articular Cartilage Quality by Means of Cartilage Electromechanical Properties

Arthrosc Tech. 2018 Jun 18;7(7):e763-e766. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2018.03.003. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Authors

Tomas Mickevicius^{1

2}, Justinas Maciulaitis^{1

3}, Arvydas Usas², Rimtautas Gudas^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Kaunas, Lithuania.
² Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
³ Institute of Sports, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Abstract

Arthroscopic surgery has grown rapidly in recent decades. Despite accurately diagnosed clinical cases, the previous pain is retained in some patients after the operation, even though no visible chondral lesions are found during the procedure. A minimally invasive arthroscopic method of measuring articular cartilage electromechanical properties enables rapid and reliable intraoperative articular cartilage quality evaluation.