MENISCUS REPLACEMENT

Partial meniscectomy and meniscus reconstruction are the procedures of choice for the majority of symptomatic meniscus lesions. If total meniscectomy cannot be avoided or was already performed, there is a risk of osteoarthritis, especially in the unstable knee. Different approaches of meniscus replacement are under experimental and clinical investigation at present. Replacement by a tendon autograft, by a meniscus allograft, by a prosthesis or by a collagenous scaffold are discussed. This article is an up-date on the current situation today.