Meniscal allograft transplantation: long-term clinical results with radiological and magnetic resonance imaging correlations

Verdonk PC, Verstraete KL, Almqvist KF, De Cuyper K, Veys EM, Verbruggen G, Verdonk R · Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Pain and function on the modified HSS score improved significantly at final follow-up in all three groups. Medial transplantation done with a high tibial osteotomy improved more by final follow-up than medial transplantation alone. Joint space narrowing, Fairbank changes and MRI cartilage grading were reported for a subset — 32 patients radiographically and 17 on MRI.

Population

42 meniscal allograft transplantations in 41 patients — 27 medial and 15 lateral, with 11 of the medial procedures done alongside a high tibial osteotomy — followed at least 10 years

Intervention

Meniscal allograft transplantation, alone or with a high tibial osteotomy

Limitations

An uncontrolled case series of 41 patients with imaging on a subset, and the group that did better is the group that also had its alignment corrected, which is a second operation with its own effect on load. Full text was not retrievable.