Injuries to the meniscus are among the most common knee injuries and they are the most common reason for surgery performed by orthopedic surgeons. The meniscus has well-established biomechanical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed meniscal repair failure rate was 16% at 6-year follow-up. Meniscal repair failure was more common ...

A second-generation "all-inside" meniscal repair system provides a high success rate at long-term follow-up, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the ...

Covidien has announced the launch of a new meniscal repair device, according to a news release. The AS Meniscal repair device is designed to allow orthopedic surgeons to perform “all-inside,” ...

This was kind of a knee to the groin of the Minnesota Vikings hopes for the upcoming 2024 NFL season. J.J. McCarthy was their first round pick at quarterback—the tenth overall pick in this past ...

LONDON, July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology business, today announces the launch of its FAST-FIX FLEX Meniscal Repair System, the only device to ...

A study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine examines meniscal repair performed concurrently with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction for acutely injured knees. The multicenter ...

Swiss company VirtaMed, together with the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, are awarded EUR .5 million in a Eurostars Grant to improve training for meniscus repair. VirtaMed, the world leader in ...

Discoid meniscus (DM) is a congenital anomaly of the meniscus form that predisposes individuals to symptomatic DM, especially in the lateral meniscus. Arthroscopic meniscal repair has emerged ...

The meniscus is the fibrous “shock-absorber” tissue in the knee joint. Its crescent shape rests on top of the tibia (the shin bone) and cups the femur (the thigh bone). The meniscus can be compared to ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gunze Limited (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Toshiyasu Saguchi) [TOKYO:3002] is pleased to announce the use of Gunze’s biodegradable scaffolds for a meniscal ...