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Orthopedics Today has highlighted the top eight stories to keep your practice up-to-date on all items related to the meniscus.

Several factors influence NFL players’ return to play after meniscectomy

Professional football players who are drafted early, start frequently and play non-speed positions are more likely to return to play following meniscectomy, according to recently published data. Read more.

Surgeon details the role of meniscectomy for the treatment of meniscal tears

WAILEA, Hawaii – Although there has been an increased number of isolated meniscus repairs, meniscectomy is still an appropriate procedure for the treatment of meniscal tears, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2014. Read more.

Meniscal allograft transplantation shows high allograft survival rate, revision rate

Researchers found that a high allograft survival rate for patients who undergo meniscal allograft transplantation both with and without additional revision procedures, according to data presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Read more.

Patients have improved outcomes after combined osteotomy, meniscus transplantation, cartilage repair

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Patients have long-term improvements in patients who have combined osteotomy, meniscus transplantation and articular cartilage surgery, according to study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. Read more.

Arthroscopic meniscectomy ‘sham surgery’ paper presentation spurs debate at AAOS

NEW ORLEANS – It was a deservedly full house at Friday afternoon’s scientific session on ACL and meniscal pathology at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here. What followed was a fascinating and passionate exchange of scientific opinions. Read more.

‘Acceptable’ healing rate found for repair of meniscal tears in the red-white zone

A PubMed review of 23 English-language clinical trials published during a 17-year-period on arthroscopic suture-based meniscus repairs of tears in the red-white zone found healing in 86% of repairs at a mean follow-up of 4 years. Read more.

Arthroscopic implantation of meniscal allografts aid return to play in professional soccer players

AMSTERDAM — Arthroscopic implantation of fresh frozen non-irradiated meniscal allografts from young donors in 12 professional soccer players with subtotal meniscectomy resulted in a 92% rate of return to soccer play and a 67% rate of return to play as a professional, according to a study presented here. Read more.

Meniscal scaffolds enable physiologic replacement of lost tissue

WAILEA, Hawaii — Although not currently FDA approved for use in the United States, meniscal scaffolds may offer a solution for the treatment of pain after meniscectomy, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2014. Read more.