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Arthroscopic lateral collagen meniscus implant in a professional soccer player

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A case of an arthroscopically implanted lateral Collagen Meniscus Implant in a 24-year-old professional soccer player is reported. This meniscal scaffold was able to improve knee function and reduce pain in this symptomatic meniscectomized young athlete at 36-month follow-up. This is the first case of an arthroscopic lateral collagen meniscal scaffold implanted in a high-level soccer player described in literature.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Marco Zanobbi, MSc and Francesco Luca Raffaelli, MSc, for their help in preparing this work.

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  1. 3rd Orthopaedic and Traumatology Clinic and Biomechanics Laboratory, Codivilla-Putti Research Center, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli—University of Bologna, via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40100, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Zaffagnini, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, Alberto Grassi, Tommaso Bonanzinga, Giuseppe Filardo & Maurilio Marcacci

  2. Hospital del Trabajador Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile

    Angello Canales Passalacqua

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Zaffagnini, S., Marcheggiani Muccioli, G.M., Grassi, A. et al. Arthroscopic lateral collagen meniscus implant in a professional soccer player. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 19, 1740–1743 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-011-1538-5

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