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Meniscus Allografts: How to Improve Clinical Results, Limit Chondral Degeneration?

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Meniscus injury is the most frequent injury of the knee. Despite the increasing knowledge of the meniscus pathology and the importance of repairing repairable lesions, meniscectomy is still a way of treatment in symptomatic knee [1]. Meniscus allograft transplantation (MAT) is a favorable option in patients with a painful knee after a meniscectomy. It provides good improvements in function and symptoms [2].

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France

    Nicolas Pujol, Lukasz Lipinski & Seong Hwan Kim

  2. Orthopedics and Pediatric Orthopedics Clinic, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

    Lukasz Lipinski

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Seong Hwan Kim

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Bruderholz, Basel Land, Switzerland

    Michael Tobias Hirschmann

  2. Center of Functional and Biological Reconstruction of the Knee, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

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  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Pujol, N., Lipinski, L., Kim, S.H. (2020). Meniscus Allografts: How to Improve Clinical Results, Limit Chondral Degeneration?. In: Hirschmann, M., Kon, E., Samuelsson, K., Denti, M., Dejour, D. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61264-4_1

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