Discoid meniscus is an abnormality of the knee in which the meniscus is discoid rather than semilunar in shape. Medial discoid menisci are rare, and no specific associated symptoms suggest this condition. Several medial meniscus anomalies, including discoid variants, have been reported in the literature. This article describes a rare case of medial discoid meniscus completely coalesced with the...

Introduction: The shape of the menisci is crescentic. There are variations in morphology menisci. knowledge about these variants necessary for radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons to discriminate between normal meniscal injuries. Aim: To analyse foetuses South Indian Population. Materials Methods: An observational study was conducted on 30 knee joints 15 age 20-37 weeks gestation. May 2015 201...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the visco-elasticity, histology and hydrodynamics of transplanted menisci following transplantation. Experiments to examine visco-elasticity are performed on 30 rabbits, to examine NMR on 20 rabbits and on 12 rabbits respectively for histological study. Under intravenous general anesthesia the medial meniscus was completely resected, and a cryopreserv...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE The menisci of the mammalian knee joint balance the incongruence between femoral condyle and tibial plateau and thus menisci absorb and distribute high loads. Degeneration processes of the menisci lead to pain syndromes in the knee joint. The origin of such degenerative processes on meniscal tissue is rarely understood and may be described best as an imbalance of anabolic a...

BACKGROUND Development of the foetal period of the meniscus has been reported in different studies. AIMS Evaluation of lateral and medial meniscus development, typing and the relationship of the tibia during the foetal period. STUDY DESIGN Anatomical dissection. METHODS We evaluated 210 knee menisci obtained from 105 human foetuses ranging in age from 9 to 40 weeks' gestation. Foetuses we...

BACKGROUND The meniscus plays a crucial role in knee joint stability, load transmission, and stress distribution. Meniscal tears are the most common reported knee injuries, and the current standard treatment for meniscal deficiency is meniscal allograft transplantation. A major limitation of this approach is that meniscal allografts do not have the capacity to remodel and maintain tissue homeos...

The goal of this study is to quantify changes in knee joint contact behavior following varying degrees of the medial partial meniscectomy. A previously validated 3D finite element model was used to simulate 11 different meniscectomies. The accompanying changes in the contact pressure on the superior surface of the menisci and tibial plateau were quantified as was the axial strain in the menisci...