The objective was to evaluate the benefit that could be obtained in terms of pain and efficacy with processed segmental allografts on 20 patients in meniscal repair treatment. Segmental meniscal allografts were extracted from tibial plateaux during total knee arthroplasties on lateralised osteoarthritis and selected on macroscopic integrity criteria. They underwent decellularisation and deproteinisation processes to obtain a sterile collagenous matrix with glycosaminoglycans removal. Under arthroscopy, the grafts (50mm length) were fixed at the posterior horn and at the meniscosynovial wall. The main evaluation criterion was the IKDC subjective knee score evolution. Secondary criteria were the meniscus morphology (Magnetic Resonance Imaging after 12 months) and the recellularisation (biopsy after 1 year).Background
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