Meniscus Repair
One Option in Regaining Meniscus Function
RELEVANT LINKS:
Meniscus Links Page
Meniscus Overview
Meniscus Transplant - Surgical Technique
Lessons Learned from Our First 100 Meniscus Transplants - PDF
Meniscus Transplant Rehabilitation
How to Speed Your Recovery from Injury
The torn meniscus represents a mechanical block to normal joint motion. If the meniscus is torn in the peripheral thirty percent, the blood supply is adequate to permit healing if the tear is repaired in a stable fashion. If the tear is in the inner zone, with less blood supply, the likelihood of a repair healing is diminished, but not eliminated. Newer techniques to provide stable repairs and increased nutrition to this tissue have provided a high rate of healing. Due to the supreme importance of the meniscus in knee joint function as described above, every effort to repair torn menisci is now made at the time of arthroscopic surgery.
If repair is not possible, replacement of the meniscus is also possible using an allograft donor meniscus.
If you require surgical intervention, a rehabilitation and conditioning program is commenced on the day after surgery.