The complex ultrastructure of the meniscus determines its vital functions for the knee, the
lower extremity, and the body. The most recent concise, reliable, and valid classification …

Meniscal tears are a frequent orthopedic injury commonly managed by conservative
strategies to avoid osteoarthritis development descending from altered biomechanics …

The knee joint has biomechanical roles in allowing gait, flexing and rotating yet remaining
stable during the activities of daily life, and transmitting forces across it. Geometrical …

This paper focuses on the anatomical attachment of the medial meniscus. Detailed
anatomical dissections have been performed and illustrated. Five zones can be …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of all-inside repair of posterior lateral meniscus
root full-thickness tears with preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging …

Novel conical beam CT-scanners offer high resolution imaging of knee structures with ia.
contrast media, even under weight bearing. With this new technology, we aimed to …

Regenerating chondral and osteochondral injuries is a main challenge in orthopedics.
Some therapeutic strategies such as joint preservation operations, non-operative …

Collagen fibrils of articular cartilage have specific depth-dependent orientations and the
fibrils bend in the cartilage surface to exhibit split-lines. Fibrillation of superficial collagen …

The menisci fulfill key biomechanical functions in the tibiofemoral (knee) joint. Unfortunately
meniscal injuries are quite common and most often treated by (partial) meniscectomy …

Polyurethane was prepared from hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI) and polycaprolactone
diol (PCL) with stoichiometry ratio of two in a reactor to form prepolymer. Polyvinyl alcohol …