METHOD OF REGENERATING ARTICULAR CARTILAGE.

摘要

A process for regenerating articular cartilage (10) in a joint (20) including the steps of exposing the joint (20) having a cartilage defect (30), debriding the entire cartilage layer (10) to the underlying bone-cartilage interface, to expose a plurality of vascular sinusoids in the sub-chondral layer of bone (15) adjoining the joint surface, restoring the smooth contour and topography of the joint to its natural state, surgically closing the joints, and injecting a single dosage of a mixture of purified growth hormone and buffer solution into the joint so as to initiate the regenerative process, said mixture containing a quantity of purified growth hormone (somatotropin) which has been dissolved in a buffer solution.