12/10/2026
Cartilage has no blood supply.
That alone explains a lot about joint problems: why cartilage damage tends to accumulate rather than heal, why recovery is slow, and why so much research goes into finding ways to support it.
It's also the reasoning behind distraction arthroplasty. Rather than fusing or replacing an arthritic ankle, distraction arthroplasty uses an external frame to gently separate the joint surfaces for a period of time, reducing the load passing through the damaged cartilage while keeping the joint itself.
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