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The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination
The menisci and articular cartilage of the knee have a close embryological, anatomical and functional relationship, which explains why often a pathology of one also affects the other. Traumatic meniscus tears should be repaired, when possible, to protect the articular cartilage. Traumatic articular...
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British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7608573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.5.200016 |
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author | Kopf, Sebastian Sava, Manuel-Paul Stärke, Christian Becker, Roland |
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description | The menisci and articular cartilage of the knee have a close embryological, anatomical and functional relationship, which explains why often a pathology of one also affects the other. Traumatic meniscus tears should be repaired, when possible, to protect the articular cartilage. Traumatic articular cartilage lesions can be treated with success using biological treatment options such as microfracture or microdrilling, autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT), or osteochondral transplantation (OCT) depending on the depth and area of the lesion. Degenerative cartilage and meniscus lesions often occur together, and osteoarthritis is already present or impending. Most degenerative meniscus lesions should be treated first conservatively and, after failed conservative treatment, should undergo arthroscopic partial meniscus resection. Degenerative cartilage lesions should also be treated conservatively initially and then surgically; thereby treating the cartilage defect itself and also maintaining the axis of the leg if necessary. Tears of the meniscus roots are devastating injuries to the knee and should be repaired e.g. by transtibial re-fixation. The clinical role of ‘ramp’ lesions of the meniscus is still under investigation. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2020;5:652-662. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.200016 |
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spelling | pubmed-76085732020-11-16 The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination Kopf, Sebastian Sava, Manuel-Paul Stärke, Christian Becker, Roland EFORT Open Rev Instructional Lecture: Knee The menisci and articular cartilage of the knee have a close embryological, anatomical and functional relationship, which explains why often a pathology of one also affects the other. Traumatic meniscus tears should be repaired, when possible, to protect the articular cartilage. Traumatic articular cartilage lesions can be treated with success using biological treatment options such as microfracture or microdrilling, autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT), or osteochondral transplantation (OCT) depending on the depth and area of the lesion. Degenerative cartilage and meniscus lesions often occur together, and osteoarthritis is already present or impending. Most degenerative meniscus lesions should be treated first conservatively and, after failed conservative treatment, should undergo arthroscopic partial meniscus resection. Degenerative cartilage lesions should also be treated conservatively initially and then surgically; thereby treating the cartilage defect itself and also maintaining the axis of the leg if necessary. Tears of the meniscus roots are devastating injuries to the knee and should be repaired e.g. by transtibial re-fixation. The clinical role of ‘ramp’ lesions of the meniscus is still under investigation. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2020;5:652-662. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.200016 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2020-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7608573/ /pubmed/33204508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.5.200016 Text en © 2020 The author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed. |
spellingShingle | Instructional Lecture: Knee Kopf, Sebastian Sava, Manuel-Paul Stärke, Christian Becker, Roland The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
title | The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
title_full | The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
title_fullStr | The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
title_full_unstemmed | The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
title_short | The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
title_sort | menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination |
topic | Instructional Lecture: Knee |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7608573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.5.200016 |
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