Formation of new menisci after polycentric knee arthroplasty. Report of four cases, one with a bucket handle tear.
This paper presents four patients with polycentric artificial knee joints in whom reoperation revealed new menisci interposed between the artificial joint surfaces. One of the menisci had a bucket handle tear and was excised. Histological examination showed a fibrocartilage structure with the appearance of a newly formed meniscus. The artificial knees functioned well and the reoperations were performed because of trauma in one patient, because of femoro-patellar problems in one knee, and for conversion of a hemi-arthroplasty to an arthroplasty including all the compartments of the knee joint in two patients.
D000368:Aged; D001178:Arthroplasty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012038:Regeneration; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology