An anatomical and histological study of human meniscal horn bony insertions and peri-menis
An anatomical and histological study of human meniscal horn bony insertions and peri-meniscal attachments as a basis for meniscal transplantation
WANG Yong-jian;YU Jia-kuo;LUO Hao;YU Chang-long;AO Ying-fang;XIE Xing;JIANG Dong;ZHANG Ji-ying
【期刊名称】《中华医学杂志(英文版)》 【年(卷),期】2009(122)005
【摘要】Background Allograft meniscal transplantation is an increasingly popular treatment option for the symptomatic young patients with meniscus deficiency. However, many questions still surround it. In this research, we studied the anatomical location and histological structure of human meniscal horn bony insertions and to observe the anatomical morphology and histomorphology of peri-meniscal
attachments
based
on
meniscal
allograft
transplantation.Methods Twenty-two fresh-frozen adult cadaver knees were dissected. The locations of meniscal anterior and posterior horn bony insertions to tibia were measured. The anatomical morphology of peri-meniscal attachments was observed and the histological structure of meniscal horn bony insertions and peri-meniscal attachment were studied by HE staining.Results The anterior horn bony insertion of medial meniscus was (9.19±1.83) mm inferior to the corresponding anterior border of tibial plateau, and (7.81±2.25) mm lateral to the axial