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CURRENT ORTHOPAEDICS
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 85-94Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2006.02.010
Keywords
meniscus; meniscal; function; tear; meniscectomy; repair; attograft
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Meniscal tears are the most common injuries to the knee. The menisci have important functions within the knee, and loss of a meniscus from surgical meniscectomy significantly increases the risk of subsequent development of degenerative changes within the knee. In younger patients, some meniscal. tears may be repairable, and there is now a wide variety of different techniques available for meniscal repair, with highly encouraging published clinical results. In patients with a painful knee where there has already been a previous meniscectomy, meniscal replacement by meniscat attograft transplantation may be a viable option. However, in the future, solutions may well lie within the field of tissue engineering. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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