title: Meniscus replacement with bone anchors: a surgical technique.
abstract: Human meniscal replacement with allograft is a new and promising procedure. Heretofore the procedure has required an extensive arthrotomy with direct suture implantation. A surgical technique using a minimally invasive, arthroscopically assisted approach to implantation of the allograft meniscus with attached bone anchors has been developed. Technique development followed extensive review and participation in the open implantation technique, along with cadaveric refinement of the proposed arthroscopic technique. The presented technique includes preparation of the meniscus with attached bone anchors, preparation of the peripheral rim bed, drilling of tibial tunnels for bone anchor placement, passage of the meniscus and bone anchors into the recipient site without detachment of collateral ligaments, securing the bone anchors in the appropriate bony tunnel, and peripheral suturing of the implanted meniscus.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, Jackson 39202.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Shelton
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Dukes
mesh_terms: D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001182:Arthroscopy; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D006801:Humans; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013536:Suture Techniques