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Harvest and conservation of meniscal allografts
Author(s) -
Verdonk R.,
Kohn D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00446.x
Subject(s) - cryopreservation , meniscus , surgery , medicine , tissue bank , transplantation , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , embryo , physics , incidence (geometry) , optics
Meniscal allografts can be harvested and preserved in different ways. A technique for harvesting and conserving viable allografts is described. The meniscus should be harvested within 12 h after the start of ischaemia. The ideal time for implantation of the viable graft is 10 to 14 days after harvest, in which time a recipient should be identified. Frozen grafts are avital. Cryopreserved grafts are not avital, as 10–30% of the fibrochondrocytes are preserved. Frozen and cryopreserved grafts can be stored for a long time and if a graft bank is established, grafts are always readily available. There is no proven advantage of one graft type over others.