Chondropathy refers to a disease of the cartilage.
Though articular cartilage damage is not life-threatening, it does strongly affect the quality of life.
Articular cartilage damage is often the cause of severe pain, swellings, strong barriers to mobility and severe restrictions to the patient's activities.
Over the last decades, however, surgeons and biotech ventures[who?]
that contribute to articular cartilage repair.