London Cartilage Clinic
Explore expert articles on cartilage care, regenerative treatments, and practical recovery advice from our specialist team.
Hyaline cartilage cannot self-repair because it lacks blood supply. ChondroFiller is an injectable collagen scaffold that recruits the patient's own progenitor cells to rebuild the joint surface—delivered as a single outpatient injection without surgery.
ChondroFiller® is a CE-marked Class III medical device: a murine-derived collagen scaffold injected as an outpatient procedure that recruits the patient's own cells to regenerate cartilage, delivering functional improvement comparable to two-stage surgical procedures without theatre admission, general anaesthesia, or elevated complication risk.
Hip pain waking patients at night or preventing them from lying comfortably on the affected side is a cardinal clinical indicator of osteoarthritis. The joint lining becomes inflamed and does not switch off with rest, making nocturnal pain distinct from ordinary muscular soreness.
An unloader brace applies corrective pressure to shift load away from cartilage wear confined to one side of the knee, reducing pain and improving mobility — though benefits require consistent wear and precise fitting.
Anterior groin pain, hip clicking, and restricted rotation signal femoroacetabular impingement: a condition where abnormal hip bone geometry causes progressive labral wear that drives early osteoarthritis when untreated.
Osteochondral allograft replaces full-depth knee cartilage and bone defects in a single operation, with 10-year graft survival of 78–91%, reaching 99% in younger patients with isolated lesions.
