[Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with meniscal transplantation].
BACKGROUND
The natural history of a knee subjected to total meniscectomy leads to poor outcomes, so we should be careful with these lesions. Meniscal transplantation may be a proper treatment for these patients as it involves a good medium-term survival.


METHODS
We report the case of a 52 year-old male who underwent meniscal transplantation and developed left gonarthrosis. The surgical approach consisted of medial longitudinal arthrotomy and implantation of a posterior stabilized prosthesis after releasing the soft tissues, which were very retracted.


RESULTS
At the one year follow-up the operated knee had an articular range of 0-110 degrees, with no gap and no pain; no external support was required for walking.


CONCLUSIONS
Despite the fact that most case series report good short- and medium-term results, some patients do not have good results and need a total knee prosthesis.
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Chana-Rodríguez
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Villanueva-Martínez
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Rojo-Manaute
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Pérez-Mañanes
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Mediavilla-Santos
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Vaquero-Martín
D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged