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New on the Horizon: Meniscus Reconstruction Using Menaflex™, a Novel Collagen Meniscus Implant

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The MenaflexTM Collagen Meniscus Implant (Menaflex or CMI) is the first tissue engineered device shown to be effective to support new meniscus-like tissue in knees of human clinical patients. It has an 20-year history of successful use in about 3,500 patients in the USA and Europe, including sportsmen and competitive athletes. This innovative scientific achievement in treatment of sports trauma may provide significant benefit to patients who have previously lost meniscus tissue or have irreparable meniscus injuries. The Menaflex CMI has a long history of basic science studies that document ingrowth and maturation of meniscus fibrochondrocytes and development of functional meniscus-like tissue. Surgical techniques have evolved and become simpler. A large Level of Evidence I US clinical trial confirmed that Menaflex patients continue to improve clinically through 6 years while meniscectomy only controls develop typical post-meniscectomy problems and activity decrements.

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  1. Steadman Philippon Research Institute, 108 South Frontage Road West, Suite 303, Vail, CO, 81657, USA

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  1. Fac. Medicine, Dept. Orthopedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, Hasyrcylar Caddesi, Ankara, 94110, Turkey

    Mahmut Nedim Doral

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Rodkey, W.G. (2012). New on the Horizon: Meniscus Reconstruction Using Menaflex™, a Novel Collagen Meniscus Implant. In: Doral, M. (eds) Sports Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15630-4_45

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