A meniscal scaffold is a bio-engineered framework upon which cells can be seeded to create a replacement meniscus.
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A meniscal scaffold is trimmed to fit a meniscal defect and sewn into place. |
Collagen meniscus
The best known meniscus scaffold is based on collagen.
Synonyms:
Collagen meniscus
Collagen scaffold
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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS
Materials and structures used in meniscus repair and regeneration: a review. Vadodaria K, Kulkarni A, Santhini E and Vasudevan P. Biomedicine (Taipei). 2019 Mar; 9(1): 2.
An Overview of Scaffold Design and Fabrication Technology for Engineered Knee Meniscus. Sun J, Vijayavenkataraman S and Liu H. Materials (Basel). 2017 Jan; 10(1): 29.
Cell-Based Strategies for Meniscus Tissue Engineering. Niu W, Guo W, Han S, Zhu Y, Liu S and Guo Q. Stem Cells Int. 2016; 2016: 4717184.