Osteoarthritis: Definition
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease characterized by the alteration of a joint is termed either idiopathic, that is to say that we do not find the cause (also known as primary osteoarthritis of ) orsecondary osteoarthritis is to say that we can identify the cause.Osteoarthritis is associated with a lesion of the joints without inflammation, leading to anatomically by destruction of cartilageand production of additional bone in the form of osteophytes orChondrostoma.
