Collagen meniscus implant adequate to enhance meniscal function in chronic meniscal injury .
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OE Journal. 2013;1(2):225 J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Jul;90(7):1413-26.311 patients with an irreparable injury of the medial meniscus or a previous partial medial meniscectomy were divided into 2 study arms: acute arm with no prior surgery on the involved meniscus or the chronic arm with 1, 2 or 3 prior meniscal surgeries. Patients were randomized either to receive the collagen meniscus implant or to be treated with a partial meniscectomy only. Clinical follow-up examinations were performed for 2 years postoperatively, and patients were to complete validated questionnaires 7 years postoperatively. Patients allocated to receive the collagen meniscus implant also underwent 1-year second-look arthroscopy to assess tissue growth and quality. Results indicated that the collagen meniscus implant was found to support new tissue ingrowth, which was stable, safe, and biomechanically competent and improved meniscal function, as evident by the clinical outcomes in patients with a chronic meniscal injury.
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L'Indice di Fragilità è uno strumento che aiuta l'interpretazione dei risultati significativi, fornendo una misura della forza di un risultato. L'Indice di Fragilità rappresenta il numero di eventi consecutivi che devono essere aggiunti a un risultato dicotomico per rendere il risultato non più significativo. Un numero piccolo rappresenta un risultato più debole, mentre un numero grande rappresenta un risultato più forte.
Perché questo studio era necessario ora?
Meniscal injuries lead to increased pain and limitation in clinical function and activity levels. The options in this field are very limited, with cadaver grafts having limited applications. The Biomaterials research evaluates the newer materials for collagen meniscus implant application and it is unclear whether such implant would have a clinical role in future. This study was needed to evaluate the efficacy of the collagen meniscus implant in chronic and acute patients.
Qual era la domanda di ricerca principale?
Does the application of collagen meniscus implant have superior clinical outcomes as compared to patients treated with partial medial meniscectomy alone, for irreparable injury of medial meniscus, as evaluated over 7 years?
- At 1 year, the 141 repeat arthroscopies that were performed revealed that the collagen meniscus implants had resulted in significantly increased meniscal tissue over that seen after the partial meniscectomy (p=0.001).
- The implant was found to flourish the meniscus-like matrix production and integration, as it was assimilated and resorbed.
- In the chronic study arm, the patients receiving meniscal implant significantly regained much of their lost activity than controls (p=0.02) and also underwent significantly lesser reoperations (p=0.04).
- No differences were observed between the two study groups in the acute arm.
Che cosa devo ricordare di più?
The collagen meniscus implant was found to support new tissue ingrowth, which was stable, safe, bio-mechanically competent and improved meniscal function, as evident by the improved clinical outcomes in patients with a chronic meniscal injury.
Come influenzerà l'assistenza ai miei pazienti?
The collagen meniscus implant has a potential future in replacing the irreparable or lost meniscal tissue and hence improving the quality of life in patients with chronic meniscal injury. Definitive determination of the effect of collagen meniscus implants should be achieved with future research.
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