# cartilage detrioration in knees

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartilage-detrioration-in-knees/204121>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartilage-detrioration-in-knees/204121 "2003-09-27T05:53:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![louie44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@louie44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/louie44)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartilage-detrioration-in-knees/204121/1 "2003-09-27T05:53:36Z")

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The cartilage in my knees has almost totally deteriorated, and I am told that the only option is to have mechanical knee replacements surgically inserted. I don’t want to do this and would like to know is there any progress on a technology for implanting either a laboratory created synthetic cartilage,or recreated or regrown natural cartilage material which can be used instead of the conventional method of artificial knees.

Thank you for any replies.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartilage-detrioration-in-knees/204121/2 "2003-09-27T06:12:20Z")

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I’m not a doctor, but I’ve got lousy knees also. The last I looked, it’s been an all-or-nothing venture in terms of replacing knee parts. The original parts don’t mate well with synthetic replacements, so the whole joint is re-done.

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartilage-detrioration-in-knees/204121/3 "2003-09-27T09:09:15Z")

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You could put out a search for more information.

> **[Kevin Stone: The Bio-Future of Joint Replacement](https://www.stoneclinic.com/video/Kevin-Stone-bio-future-joint-replacement)**
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[http://www.jri-oh.com/Knee\_Articular.htm](http://www.jri-oh.com/Knee_Articular.htm)

It would appear that there is partial replacement but your condition may or may not preclude this, your best option is to e-mail a few of of these centres, there are plenty more of them, and if you have your patient records they could perhaps give you another opinion.