Meniscal transplantation remains a difficult option given that patients can wait six months for donor tissue. Such delays, plus the need for stronger repairs, have led researchers to explore using ...

SAN DIEGO — Preserving as much of the meniscus as possible following a tear or partial meniscectomy has been associated with normalizing the knee because even a small amount of remaining tissue will ...

A second-generation "all-inside" meniscal repair system provides a high success rate at long-term follow-up, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the ...

Meniscal repair in knee surgery aims to restore the anatomy and function of the menisci, fibrocartilaginous structures that distribute load, absorb shock and stabilise the joint. Historically, ...

A second-generation "all-inside" meniscal repair system provides a high success rate at long-term follow-up, reports a study in theJournal of Bone & Joint Surgery. "Our 10-year results of ...

Being told you have a torn meniscus can sound like something inside your knee has physically broken and now needs to be fixed ...

Meniscal tears are frequently symptomatic and irreparable. For patients with these tears, partial meniscectomy removes unstable fragments that may cause symptoms of locking and catching. Meniscal ...

February 21, 2007 (San Diego) — A novel arthroscopic repair technique for radial meniscal tears leaves 89% of patients free of meniscal symptoms 24 months after surgery, researchers from Japan report.

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gunze Limited (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Toshiyasu Saguchi) [TOKYO:3002] is pleased to announce the use of Gunze’s biodegradable scaffolds for a meniscal ...

"There are various methods of meniscal repair that try to prevent re-tear" states Lecturer Yusuke Hashimoto, "but the re-tear rate still exceeds 20%." To see if BMA can bring this number down, the ...