title: A case report of semitendinosus tendon autograft for reconstruction of the meniscal wall supporting a collagen implant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe the evolution of the reconstruction of meniscal rim with semitendinosus tendon in a patient with knee pain after a subtotal meniscectomy and absence of meniscal wall.
  
  
  METHODS
  32 years old male with a six-month history of the left knee pain after a subtotal meniscectomy. The MRI indicated a small internal meniscal remainder without posterior horn attachment. Taking this absence as a relative contraindication for implant and meniscal transplantation, the reconstruction of a new meniscal wall with semitendinosus tendon autograft was considered. A collagen meniscal implant was attached to the new wall five months later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After two years the patient referred only non specific discomfort with full pain relief in the medial compartment. The MRI revealed integration of implants without significant degenerative changes compared to previous images.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This staged technique was designed to restore medial meniscus-like biologic tissue in a symptomatic patient following arthroscopic subtotal meniscectomy with a significant loss of the peripheral meniscus rim. Symptomatic improvement was obtained at two years follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital San Rafael, Madrid, Spain. drayalamejias@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Juan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ayala Mejias
authors.forename: Roselyn C Alvarez
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sciamanna
authors.forename: Manuel Perez-España
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Muniesa
authors.forename: Luis Alcocer
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pérez-España
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