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Extremities
Objective, subjective data similar between patients with, without peripheral nondegenerative MMTs
By Casey Tingle LOS ANGELES — No differences were found in objective and subjective results between patients with peripheral nondegenerative…
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Sports Medicine
New Way to Evaluate Meniscus Tear Outcomes
“Little is currently understood about the healing of meniscus tears when a root repair is performed via the pullout technique.…
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Sports Medicine
Enrollment Begins European Knee Meniscus Injury Pilot Trial to Evaluate Cytori Cell Therapy
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYTX) announced today that the first patient was enrolled and treated this week in…
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Sports Medicine
Meniscus regenerated with 3-D printed implant
Personalized scaffold promotes tissue regeneration in sheep IMAGE: Left to right are: Sheep meniscus; 3-D model of meniscus obtained from…
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Sports Medicine
CUMC researchers devise way to replace torn knee meniscus
Personalized scaffold promotes tissue regeneration in sheep Columbia University Medical Center researchers have devised a way to replace the knee’s…
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Sports Medicine
Meniscal surgery may increase risk of osteoarthritis, cartilage loss
A popular surgery to repair meniscal tears may increase the risk of osteoarthritis and cartilage loss in some patients, according…
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Sports Medicine
Ceterix Announces Enrollment of First Patient in Study of Suture Repair of Horizontal Meniscus Tears
MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ceterix® Orthopaedics, Inc., a developer of novel surgical tools for arthroscopic procedures, today announced enrollment of the…
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Arthroscopic meniscal debridement offers no benefit for degenerative meniscal tears
Moderate evidence suggests there is no benefit to arthroscopic meniscal debridement for degenerative meniscal tears in middle-aged patients with mild…
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Sports Medicine
All-inside meniscal repair effective as isolated, concurrent ACL reconstruction procedure
Primary second-generation all-inside meniscal repair was shown to be effective both as an isolated procedure and when performed with concurrent…
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Sports Medicine
A Meniscus Transplant is Considered One of the Most Technically Involved Surgeries in Sports Medicine
Written By: Dr. Robert LaPrade, MD The menisci are important shock absorbers in the knee. There are two menisci in…
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Mending meniscals in children, improving diagnosis and recovery
Rosemont, Ill. – The meniscus is a rubber-like, crescent moon-shaped cartilage cushion that sits between the leg and thigh bone.…
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