Results and Indications

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Postoperative Meniscus

“…130 Allograft survival is as high as 95% at 5 years and 70% at 10 years based on one recent report of 172 patients. 131 Athletes at the amateur 132 and professional 133 levels may return to their sports in the short term in as many as 75% of cases, based on small short-term studies with at least 36 months of follow-up.…”

Lateral Meniscus Injuries

“…21.3 ) and now routinely arthroscopically, this surgery results in a good satisfactory outcome [ 29 ] .…”

Surgical treatment for early osteoarthritis. Part II: allografts and concurrent procedures

“…Other contraindications to meniscal transplantation are obesity, skeletal immaturity, instability of the knee joint (which may be addressed in conjunction with transplantation), synovial disease, inflammatory arthritis and previous joint infection and obvious squaring of the femoral condyle [7,13,16,17,44,60,74,77,85,100,105,106,112].…”

“…Radiographic evidence of significant osteophyte formation or femoral condyle flattening is associated with inferior postoperative results because these structural modifications alter the morphology of the femoral condyle. Other contraindications to meniscal transplantation are obesity, skeletal immaturity, instability of the knee joint (which may be addressed in conjunction with transplantation), synovial disease, inflammatory arthritis and previous joint infection and obvious squaring of the femoral condyle [7, 13, 16, 17, 44, 60, 74, 77, 85, 100, 105, 106, 112].…”