3D-Printed Artificial Meniscus
Fig. 33.1 (a) Gross specimen of a young adult pig meniscus on the tibial plateau. The meniscus surface appears smooth and glossy white. (b) Illustration showing cell types and collagen…
Emerging Orthobiologic Approaches to Ligament Injury
Fig. 24.1 The PCL receives direct arterial branches from the medial superior genicular artery which is a branch of middle genicular artery With respect to collateral ligament blood supply, there…
Building the Basis for Patient-Specific Meniscal Scaffolds
Fig. 32.1 Schematic representation of the envisioned patient-specific meniscus tissue engineering strategy. The patient undergoes an MRI scan, and the meniscus is extracted digitally from image dataset and processed into…
Shoulder Muscle Architecture, Physiology, and Plasticity
Fig. 18.1 Rotator cuff muscle anatomy. Supraspinatus muscle can be seen in the superior view, infraspinatus and teres minor muscles in the posterior view, and subscapularis in the anterior view….
Current Concepts in Natural History of Meniscal Injury and Future Options in Meniscus Healing: Orthobiologics
Fig. 26.1 Human lateral and medial meniscus Fig. 26.2 Meniscus cell type populations and their regional distribution 26.3 Biomechanical Function As we mentioned before, the menisci perform various and important…
Understanding Scaffolds, Stem Cells, and Growth Factors
Fig. 12.1 (a, b) Mesenchymal stem cells The umbilical cord blood is the most common source of stem cells for children, while bone marrow and fat tissue are for adults….
Osteochondral Repair Using a Hybrid Implant Composed of Stem Cells and Biomaterial
Fig. 53.1 Schematic drawing of the different zones of articular cartilage and subchondral bone Subchondral bone is a complex tissue consisting of water, collagen type I, and hydroxyapatite, with the…
Clinical Use of the Meniscal Scaffold
Fig. 30.1 CMI (a, b) macroscopic appearance, (c) ultrastructure Actifit-Orteq. UK (Fig. 30.2): This is a synthetic biodegradable scaffold, composed of polycaprolactone-polyurethane which has been available since 2008. This structure…
Biological Reconstruction in Patients with Osteochondral Defects: Postoperative Management and MRI Monitoring
Author Weight-bearing status Keeping in brace Range of motion Return to previous activity De Caro [24] Related to associated procedures For 4–6 weeks Full immediately In 79% of patients, no…
Xenografts: Biologic Combination Devices
Fig. 9.1 Soft tissue augmentation devices 9.4 Implantation of α-Gal-Deficient Porcine Cartilage Stone et al. studied the possible elimination of α-Gal epitopes from xenograft cartilage by the use of recombinant…
