indication
Meniscal Transplant
Indications
Young patient
- previous total or near total meniscectomy
- developing joint line pain
- early chondral changes
- normal anatomic alignment
- stable or reconstructable knee
Contra-indications
> Grade 2 Chondral changes
Farr et al Am J Sports Med 2007
- combined mensical transplantation with ACI
Arthroscopy
Indication
Diagnostic
Pain / Stiffness / Locking
Instability
- exclude OCD
Assess syndesmosis
Therapeutic
Synovitis
Osseous lesions / Tibiotalar impingement spurs
Osteochondral defects