Bone Abstracts

The aim was to explore whether osteoporosis in humans influences the morphological status of the cartilage and subchondral bone, and relationship between macroscopic aspect of the articular surface and the rate of microscopic changes of both the cartilage and the subchondral bone. Femoral heads were obtained from 68 patients with osteoporosis (OP) and hip OA (OP, n=56; OA, n=12) during hip surgery. Evaluation of the cartilage degeneration was done by Mankin g...