Advances and Prospects in Tissue-Engineered Meniscal Scaffolds for Meniscus Regeneration

Biomaterials in search of a meniscus substitute

(2014) Jan J. Rongen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Improvement in outcomes after implantation of a novel polyurethane meniscal scaffold for the treatment of medial meniscus deficiency

(2014) Karl F. Schüttler et al.   KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY

Meniscal allograft transplantation. Part 1: systematic review of graft biology, graft shrinkage, graft extrusion, graft sizing, and graft fixation

(2014) Gonzalo Samitier et al.   KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY

Actifit® synthetic meniscal substitute: Experience with 18 patients in Brest, France

(2014) C. Baynat et al.   Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research

Protein-releasing polymeric scaffolds induce fibrochondrocytic differentiation of endogenous cells for knee meniscus regeneration in sheep

(2014) C. H. Lee et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Meniscal Scaffolds

(2014) Kevin Myers et al.   Journal of Knee Surgery

Digital micromirror device projection printing system for meniscus tissue engineering

(2013) Shawn P. Grogan et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Biomaterial-mediated delivery of degradative enzymes to improve meniscus integration and repair

(2013) Feini Qu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Effect of polyurethane scaffold architecture on ingrowth speed and collagen orientation in a subcutaneous rat pocket model

(2013) E L W de Mulder et al.   Biomedical Materials

Optimization strategies on the structural modeling of gelatin/chitosan scaffolds to mimic human meniscus tissue

(2013) Melika Sarem et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Polyurethane scaffold in lateral meniscus segmental defects: Clinical outcomes at 24months follow-up

(2013) H. Bouyarmane et al.   Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research

Basic science and clinical application of platelet-rich plasma for cartilage defects and osteoarthritis: a review

(2013) Y. Zhu et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Bonding and Fusion of Meniscus Fibrocartilage Using a Novel Chondroitin Sulfate Bone Marrow Tissue Adhesive

(2013) Jacob A. Simson et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies Using Synthetic Materials for Meniscus Replacement.

(2013) Umile Longo et al.   Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Organized nanofibrous scaffolds that mimic the macroscopic and microscopic architecture of the knee meniscus

(2012) Matthew B. Fisher et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

How can genipin assist gelatin/carbohydrate chitosan scaffolds to act as replacements of load-bearing soft tissues?

(2012) Melika Sarem et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) enhances chondrogenic differentiation of ovine meniscocytes in a hyaluronic acid/polycaprolactone scaffold in vitro

(2012) Ulrich Koller et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Mechanical stimulation of fibroblasts in micro-channeled bacterial cellulose scaffolds enhances production of oriented collagen fibers

(2012) Héctor Martínez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Meniscus pathology, osteoarthritis and the treatment controversy

(2012) Martin Englund et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Osteoarthritis as a disease of mechanics

(2012) D.T. Felson   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Unlike Bone, Cartilage Regeneration Remains Elusive

(2012) D. J. Huey et al.   SCIENCE

Tissue Engineering for Total Meniscal Substitution: Animal Study in Sheep Model—Results at 12 Months

(2012) Elizaveta Kon et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Porosity and Cell Preseeding Influence Electrospun Scaffold Maturation and Meniscus Integration In Vitro

(2012) Lara C. Ionescu et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Prospective Long-Term Outcomes of the Medial Collagen Meniscus Implant Versus Partial Medial Meniscectomy

(2011) Stefano Zaffagnini et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Tissue Ingrowth After Implantation of a Novel, Biodegradable Polyurethane Scaffold for Treatment of Partial Meniscal Lesions

(2011) René Verdonk et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Outcome After Partial Medial Meniscus Substitution With the Collagen Meniscal Implant at a Minimum of 10 Years' Follow-up

(2011) Juan Carlos Monllau et al.   ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY

Effects of biomimetic surfaces and oxygen tension on redifferentiation of passaged human fibrochondrocytes in 2D and 3D cultures

(2011) Guak-Kim Tan et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The knee meniscus: Structure–function, pathophysiology, current repair techniques, and prospects for regeneration

(2011) Eleftherios A. Makris et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Meniscal tears, repairs and replacement: their relevance to osteoarthritis of the knee

(2011) I. McDermott   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Frictional Properties of the Meniscus Improve After Scaffold-augmented Repair of Partial Meniscectomy: A Pilot Study

(2011) Natalie K. Galley et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Effects of perfusion and cyclic compression on in vitro tissue engineered meniscus implants

(2011) M. Petri et al.   KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY

Stem Cell-Based Meniscus Tissue Engineering

(2011) Biman B. Mandal et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

An Acellular, Allograft-Derived Meniscus Scaffold in an Ovine Model

(2010) Kathryne J. Stabile et al.   ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY

Effect of media mixing on ECM assembly and mechanical properties of anatomically-shaped tissue engineered meniscus

(2010) Jeffrey J. Ballyns et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Interactions between meniscal cells and a self assembled biomimetic surface composed of hyaluronic acid, chitosan and meniscal extracellular matrix molecules

(2010) Guak-Kim Tan et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Homologous structure–function relationships between native fibrocartilage and tissue engineered from MSC-seeded nanofibrous scaffolds

(2010) Nandan L. Nerurkar et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Multilayered silk scaffolds for meniscus tissue engineering

(2010) Biman B. Mandal et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A new technique for seeding chondrocytes onto solvent-preserved human meniscus using the chemokinetic effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2

(2010) Hiroaki Minehara et al.   CELL AND TISSUE BANKING

Collagen morphology in human meniscal attachments: A SEM study

(2010) Diego F. Villegas et al.   CONNECTIVE TISSUE RESEARCH

Chitosan–gelatin scaffolds for tissue engineering: Physico-chemical properties and biological response of buffalo embryonic stem cells and transfectant of GFP–buffalo embryonic stem cells

(2009) W.W. Thein-Han et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Long-term Clinical Outcome of Open Meniscal Allograft Transplantation

(2009) Robert Jan Peter van der Wal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

The Role of the Meniscus in Knee Osteoarthritis: a Cause or Consequence?

(2009) Martin Englund et al.   RADIOLOGIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

The Meniscus in Knee Osteoarthritis

(2009) Martin Englund et al.   RHEUMATIC DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Three-dimensional culture of human meniscal cells: Extracellular matrix and proteoglycan production

(2008) Helen E Gruber et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Generation and characterization of a human acellular meniscus scaffold for tissue engineering

(2008) G. H. Sandmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Comparison of the Collagen Meniscus Implant with Partial Meniscectomy

(2008) William G Rodkey et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Incidental Meniscal Findings on Knee MRI in Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons

(2008) Martin Englund et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Different Behavior of Meniscal Cells in Collagen II/I,III and Hyaff-11 Scaffolds In Vitro

(2008) Catharina Chiari et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Image-Guided Tissue Engineering of Anatomically Shaped Implants via MRI and Micro-CT Using Injection Molding

(2008) Jeffrey J. Ballyns et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Development and Characterization of an Acellular Porcine Medial Meniscus for Use in Tissue Engineering

(2008) Thomas W. Stapleton et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Tissue Engineering for Total Meniscal Substitution: Animal Study in Sheep Model

(2008) Elizaveta Kon et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A