Retrospective of hypotheses on pathogenesis of posttraumatic knee osteoarthrosis (literature review)

This study is a retrospective review of the investigation of the pathogenesis of posttraumatic knee osteoarthrosis. We analyzed eLibrary, PubMed online databases as well as the scientific literature in the library of the Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education 'V. I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University' of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (50 sources of 1986 through 2020). The research also includes findings of the experiments we performed on animals.