Editorial Commentary : Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Is Effective for Adolescents With Meniscal Insufficiency, Although Outcomes May Decline Over Time

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Over the last several years, there has been a shift from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy to meniscal repair, especially in the younger patient. In case of a necessary partial meniscectomy, some patients have unremittent symptoms of pain and effusion corresponding to the postmeniscectomy syndrome. In these patients without large coronal malalignment, meniscal allograft transplantation is a valuable option to restore contact pressures, promote a chondroprotective microenvironment, and potentially delay secondary surgical interventions symptoms. In the adolescent population, meniscal allograft transplantation has been shown to effectively improve patient-reported outcomes with a low conversion to arthroplasty. However, these treatments are far from ideal, and prevention is certainly better than the cure: timely diagnosis of meniscus injuries, appropriate treatment with meniscus repair rather than partial meniscectomy, even in the complex tear patterns, and consideration of corrective osteotomy for milder cases of malalignment.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

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Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association - 40(2024), 4 vom: 17. März, Seite 1195-1196

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

van der List, Jelle P [VerfasserIn]
Trasolini, Nicholas A [VerfasserIn]
Waterman, Brian R [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 19.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.arthro.2023.09.005

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NLM367217007