The Knee Learning Resource
When body parts are taken for transplantation (or re-implantation into the same person) the procedure is known as tissue 'harvest'. A graft harvest is thus the procedure of taking body material for use in a graft, such as a ligament graft, a meniscus graft or a bone graft.
In the knee, ligament grafts tend to be:
The graft may be taken from the patient (autograft) or from a deceased donor (allograft). Xenograft (from sacrificed animals) is seldom used. Meniscal grafts are always allografts.
There is currently no content classified with this term.
The information offered on the website is designed to support, not to replace, the relationship between patient and clinician.
This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.