The meniscus, composed of fibrocartilage, is a very important part of the human knee joint that behaves like a buffer. Located in the middle of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau, it is a necessary structure to maintain normal biomechanical properties of the knee. Whether walking or ...
Injuries of the menisci are one of the most common internal derangement of the knee. To examine them with noninvasive, we propose an automated segmentation method of the menisci region from MR image. The method is composed of two steps based on fuzzy logic. First, we segment the cartilage ...
Application of monopolar RFE to soft tissue for treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders has been explored recently, although its effect on meniscal tissue has not been critically evaluated. Monopolar RFE denatures and fuses collagen. Given that menisci are composed primarily of type I collagen,...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new three-dimensional (3D) meniscus-sizing method to increase the accuracy of the selected allografts. Methods 3D triangular surface models were generated from 280 menisci based on 50 bilateral and 40 unilateral knee joint magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...
Meniscal tears are very common in athletes requiring surgical treatment. Repair of meniscal lesions is limited to the outer part due to its vascularization. Most of the cases require partial meniscectomy. In the growing athlete, bone is composed by cartilaginous and bone tissues. Bone growth occurs...