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Meniscal Transplantation: The Hannover Experience

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Orthopaedic Allograft Surgery

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Not all damaged menisci can be treated by partial excision or by repair. The loss of a meniscus will be followed by the development of osteoarthrosis in the majority of cases [3, 4, 16, 20, 21,23,24,28,29]. Standard treatment options for symptomatic postmeniscectomy osteoarthrosis include osteotomy [15] and knee arthroplasty [34]. Both procedures give benefit only for a limited period of time and are therefore less well suited for the younger patient. Based on this dilemma the idea of meniscus replacement was established [2, 11]. Meniscus transplantation was the first and remains to be the most frequent type of meniscus replacement to date.

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  1. Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Homburg (Saar), D-66424, Homburg (Saar), Federal Republic of Germany

    Prof. Dr. med. D. Kohn (Direktor der Orthopädischen Universitätsklinik)

  2. Orthopädische Klinik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany

    C. J. Wirth

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    Heinz Winkler M.D.

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Kohn, D., Wirth, C.J. (1996). Meniscal Transplantation: The Hannover Experience. In: Czitrom, A.A., Winkler, H. (eds) Orthopaedic Allograft Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6885-1_29

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