London Cartilage Clinic
Explore expert articles on cartilage care, regenerative treatments, and practical recovery advice from our specialist team.
Ankle cartilage bears heavy load with minimal self-repair capacity; lesions beyond 15 mm fall outside what microfracture surgery reliably addresses. ChondroFiller, an injectable collagen scaffold, recruits progenitor cells to rebuild damage via outpatient ultrasound without incision or anaesthetic.
An injectable collagen scaffold polymerises in focal cartilage defects and recruits the patient's own repair cells; knee studies show sustained improvements over three years, but ankle-specific evidence does not yet exist.
A single ultrasound-guided collagen scaffold injection treats focal knee cartilage defects; 70–85% achieve symptom relief within three to six months, though structural tissue repair continues for twelve to twenty-four months, deferring high-impact activity until one year post-injection.
A torn meniscus does not cause constant pain for most people; the displaced fragment catches between the bones during certain movements, then slips clear as load changes, creating intermittent symptoms.
A single ultrasound-guided collagen scaffold injection treats focal knee cartilage defects; 70–85% achieve symptom relief within three to six months, though structural tissue repair continues for twelve to twenty-four months, deferring high-impact activity until one year post-injection.
High tibial osteotomy delays total knee replacement by approximately ten years on average, realigning the leg to shift the load away from damaged cartilage; roughly 95% of appropriately selected patients avoid replacement within five years.
