Cartilage Disorders

• Overviews
• What Is Cartilage? (Polychondritis Educational Society)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Joint Atlas (Arthritis Foundation)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Arthroscopy (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Treatment
• Arthroscopy: A Boon for Damaged Joints (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - Requires RealPlayer software to view video.
• Injections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Meniscal Transplants (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• New Techniques to Restore Articular Cartilage (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Polychondritis: Medications (Polychondritis Educational Society)
• Total Joint Replacement (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Treatments for Polychondritis (Polychondritis Educational Society)

• Alternative Therapy
• Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate (Arthritis Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Specific Conditions
• Bone and Joint Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Chondrodysplasias (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Chondromalacia Patella (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Chondromalacia Patellae (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Costochondritis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Labral Tear (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Meniscal Tear (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Relapsing Polychondritis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Stiff Big Toe (Hallux Rigidus) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• What Is Relapsing Polychondritis? (Polychondritis Educational Society)

• Research
• New Cartilage for Damaged Joints (Arthritis Foundation)

• Directories
• Find a Rheumatologist (American College of Rheumatology)
• Find an Orthopaedist (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Member Directory (Arthroscopy Association of North America)

• Organizations
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Rheumatology
• Arthritis Foundation
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  Also available in: Spanish
• Polychondritis Educational Society

• Children
• What's Cauliflower Ear? (Nemours Foundation)