PATHOMORPHOLOGY OF THE FEMORAL HEAD IN COXARTHROSIS STAGES III AND IV

Abstract

The problem of osteoarthritis and the issues associated with its solution are obvious. The clinical classification includes primary and secondary osteoarthritis. The clinical and radiological classification considers four (I–IV) stages of the development of the process according to Kellgren-Lawrence. Finally, there are six stages of damage to the cartilage tissue of the joint and four degrees of prevalence of the pathological process according to the articular surface of the International Society for the Study of Osteoarthritis [1]. Our own data on histological examination of surgical material of femoral heads from patients of stages III and IV of coxarthrosis (CA) allow us to make some additions to the existing ideas of morphology and morphogenesis of osteoarthritis.