USE OF AUTOLOGICAL PLATE-RICH PLASMA IN TREATMENT OF GONARTHROSIS

Abstract

Gonarthrosis (GA) is a chronic progressive degenerative joint disease
characterized by degradation of articular cartilage followed by changes in
the subarochnoid bone and the development of marginal osteophytes. These
changes lead to the loss of cartilage and concomitant damage to other
components of the joint (synovium, ligaments). GA was considered for a
long time as a disease of articular cartilage, but today there is evidence that,
in addition to articular cartilage, other anatomical structures of the joint are
also involved in the pathological process: capsule, meniscus, subchondral
bone, as well as muscles and ligaments.