Meniscal Transplant Systems

Meniscal transplant systems are designed for meniscal allograft implantation with rigid fixation at the horn attachments. Specifically, the Dovetail Meniscal Allograft Set fashions a trapezoidal meniscal allograft, which is more easily reproducible, for a bone-to-bone interlock with a patient’s similarly shaped tibial trough. Generally used for lateral meniscus transplants, the dovetail meniscus allograft can also be used for medial meniscus transplants.

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Double Bone Plug

For meniscal allograft transplant, the double bone plug technique involves medially implanting the meniscal allograft with rigid fixation at both horn attachments. The technique can also correct meniscal deficiency using bone plugs and minimally invasive suspensory fixation and allows the meniscal allograft to maintain functional hoop stress.

Dovetail Meniscal Allograft Set

The technique used with the Dovetail Meniscal Transplant Set creates a trapezoidal bone block allograft for a bone-to-bone interlock, requiring no additional bone graft fixation. The soft tissue/meniscus portion of the graft still needs to be sutured/fixed. The instrumentation easily and consistently prepares the patient's recipient trough and the trapezoidal shape of the allograft's bone block.