Orthopedics & Orthopedic Surgery
Area of Focus: Hip, Knee, & Lower Extremity
Shows that patients undergoing medial meniscus transplantation have made a reliable improvement in symptoms and return to function. Covers preoperative evaluation, preparation, insertion, and fixation of allograft using the double bone plug technique. Describes a three-phase postoperative rehabilitation program that protects the healing graft in the early phase and subsequently returns the patient to activity and function.