ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2021
Large chondral defect not covered by meniscal allograft is associated with inferior graft survivorship after lateral meniscal allograft transplantation.
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- Midterm Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Revision Lateral Meniscal Allograft Transplantation.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Graft Failure After Meniscal Allograft Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Review
- Increased MRI Signal Intensity of Allografts in the Midterm Period After Meniscal Allograft Transplant: An Evaluation of Clinical Significance According to Location and Morphology.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Meniscal allograft transplantation: a review of indications, techniques, and outcomes.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Review
- Time to Achieving Clinically Significant Outcomes After Meniscal Allograft Transplantation.CartilageArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to evaluate graft survivorship according to the size and location of chondral defects and its effect on clinical outcomes after meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT). It was hypothesized that large chondral defects would be associated with inferior outcomes.
methodsPatients who underwent lateral MAT with fresh-frozen allografts between 2007 and 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The inclusion criteria were patients with femoral or tibial chondral defects (International Cartilage Repair Society grade 4) who were followed up more than 2 years with 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Maximal lesion diameter and location were assessed on MRI. The patients were divided into two groups, with chondral defects of < 3 and ≥ 3 cm
resultsTwenty-eight knees in 26 patients (mean age 37.4 ± 10.3 years) with a mean follow-up of 3.6 ± 1.0 (range 2.0-5.4) years were identified. Nineteen knees in 17 patients had both femoral and tibial chondral defects, 7 knees in 7 patients had only femoral chondral defects, and 2 knees in 2 patients had only tibial chondral defects. The mean preoperative femoral and tibial chondral defect sizes were 1.7 ± 1.2 and 3.0 ± 1.4 cm
conclusionsLarger chondral defects, more than 3 cm LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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