All-Soft-Tissue Meniscus Allograft Transplantation With Circumferential Suture Tape Augmentation to Mitigate Hoop Stress and Promote Centralization.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 38835470.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.eats.2024.102954 and PMC identifier 11144943.
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Abstract
Meniscus allograft transplantation (MAT) is a technically challenging procedure. Bone plugs, slot techniques, and all-soft-tissue fixation techniques have been described in the past. Each technique comes with advantages and disadvantages. Native menisci have circumferential collagen fibers to help resist hoop stress during loading cycles. Although hoop stress resistance is a known function of the menisci, its recreation in MAT has only been targeted indirectly through anatomic root placement. The authors describe the use of a high-tensile suture tape (i.e. InternalBrace) to promote centralization by directly mitigating hoop stresses through recreation of peripheral meniscus tensioning in MAT.