Osteochondritis Dissecans Causes

The causes of Osteochondritis Dissecans is unknown, there are two arguments as follows:

1. Trauma. Frequent and continuous trauma, bone and cartilage that can cause damage beyond repair, resulting in degeneration of bone cartilage, exfoliation or free. This understanding to explain why the disease can occur in many athletes or people with large activity.

2. Endocrine and genetic factors. In the exercise is not often subjected to trauma with no impact on the population can also happen in this disease, the disease may be related to endocrine or genetic factors.

Osteochondritis Dissecans Pathogenesis: pathological anatomy of Osteochondritis Dissecans is mainly expressed in bone-articular cartilage damage, clinical display on the exfoliation of bone cartilage and cartilage fall Down to the formation of intra-articular loose bodies (also positive semi-free state), resulting in joint function obstacles.