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Medicina Fluminensis : Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 51 No. 1, 2015.

Professional paper

Viable versus frozen meniscus allografts. A clinical and imaging short term evaluation

Jaap van der Maas ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Pieter Vansintjan ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Rene Verdonk orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-4746-0210 ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Jan Palfijn Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Peter Verdonk ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology Monica Ziekenhuizen, Antwerpen, Belgium

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Abstract

Aim: To perform a clinical and imaging short term evaluation of viable and frozen meniscus allografts. Methods and materials: Between 2005 and 2006, 12 meniscal allograft transplantations were performed in our institution. The study population consisted of 5 men and 7 women with a mean age of 36.4 years (range 17.1-42.5). Six patients received a viable allograft and six a deep-frozen one. All allografts were harvested from donors who died after a short disease. All patients were operated with an open surgical technique (medial or lateral arthrotomy) and soft tissue fixation with secure anterior and posterior horn fixation, performed by one senior surgeon. All patients were scored pre-operatively, at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 and 2 years postoperatively. Three questionnaires were used to score the patients clinically (KOOS, modified HSS and SF-36 questionnaire). Every patient received radiographs pre-operatively and at 6 months and 1 year. Results: Clinically, there was no difference in patient self-reported results through questionnaires or in a questionnaire based on clinical examination. There was no significant progress in joint space narrowing on weight bearing and Rosenberg view radiographs. Conclusion: Our results suggest that there are no clinical significant differences between the viable and the deep frozen subgroup after two years.

Keywords

cartilage; frozen; menisci; transplantation; viable

Hrčak ID:

135694

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/135694

Publication date:

2.3.2015.

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