All-Arthroscopic Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Technique with Bone Plugs and Preloaded Sutures

Gonzalo Samitier; Gustavo Vinagre; Eduard Alentorn-Geli; Maria Sava; Ramón Cugat

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2020.05.015

All-Arthroscopic Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Technique with Bone Plugs and Preloaded Sutures

Arthrosc Tech. 2020 Sep 29;9(9):e1357-e1362. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2020.05.015. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Gonzalo Samitier¹, Gustavo Vinagre², Eduard Alentorn-Geli^{1

3}, Maria Sava⁴, Ramón Cugat^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Cugat, Hospital Quironsalud, Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
³ Fundación García Cugat, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, U.S.A.

Abstract

The meniscus is an essential structure for the knee functioning and survival. Meniscectomy is the most common surgical procedure in orthopaedic surgery. Following total or subtotal meniscectomy, meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) should be considered in symptomatic active young patients. Several MAT techniques have been described in the literature as an attempt to restore normal knee kinematics and potentially decrease the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis. The purpose of this article is to describe in detail an efficient and reproducible all-arthroscopic MAT technique with bone plugs and preloaded sutures.