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Review
. 2021 Sep 1;29(3):168-172.
doi: 10.1097/JSA.0000000000000302.

Meniscal Allograft Transplantation

Bobby G Yow  1 , Michael Donohue  2 , David J Tennent  2
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Review

Meniscal Allograft Transplantation

Bobby G Yow et al. Sports Med Arthrosc Rev. .

Abstract

Meniscal allograft transplantation provides treatment options for patients with a meniscus-deficient knee with lifestyle-limiting symptoms in the absence of advanced degenerative changes. Meniscal transplantation helps to restore the native biomechanics of the involved knee, which may provide chondroprotective effects and restoring additional knee stability. Improvements in pain, function, and activity level have been seen in appropriately selected patients undergoing transplantation. Although various surgical implantation options exist, the majority focus on reproducing native attachments of the meniscal roots to allow near normal mechanics. Although meniscal transplantation may serve as a salvage procedure for symptomatic patients with a meniscus-deficient knee, it may prevent or delay the necessity of a more invasive arthroplasty procedure.

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Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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