title: Porous polymer implant for repair of meniscal lesions: a preliminary study in dogs.
abstract: Artificial meniscal lesions extending into the avascular part of the meniscus, which do not heal by any other means, were repaired by suturing either a porous polymer implant or a synovial flap into the defect. The implant guided the ingrowth of vascular repair tissue into the defect. This fibrous tissue later on transformed into fibrocartilage. Reconstruction with a synovial flap was not successful. It appeared that healing can be achieved by implantation of a porous polymer implant in a large number of cases. Future research will be aiming at improvement of the results of meniscal repair and application of this type of polymer for repair of cartilage defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klompmaker
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Veth
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nijenhuis
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pennings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011140:Polyurethanes; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D011140:Polyurethanes