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To establish a reproducible radiographic method using bony landmarks to accurately determine meniscal sizing for allograft or synthetic transplantation.

December 1, 1995Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Radiographic sizing for meniscal transplantation

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MPMatthew PollardThe Royal Melbourne Hospital QKQian KangUniversity of South Carolina EBEugene E. BergTulane University

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Cadaveric study reveals accurate meniscal sizing via plain radiographs in knee specimens, suggesting a practical method for donor matching.

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To establish a reproducible radiographic method using bony landmarks to accurately determine meniscal sizing for allograft or synthetic transplantation.
Analyzed cadaveric knee specimens after coating medial and lateral menisci with a radiopaque tantalum powder-cyanoacrylic mixture.
Measured magnification-corrected coronal and sagittal dimensions against identifiable bony landmarks on anteroposterior and lateral plain radiographs.
Meniscal coronal width directly correlated with the distance from the peak of the tibial eminence to the periphery of the tibial metaphysis on anteroposterior radiographs.
Meniscal length measured 80% of the sagittal tibial plateau length for the medial meniscus and 70% for the lateral meniscus on lateral radiographs, with an average measurement error of 7.8%.

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Pollard et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a03fbac7ce93b8b082b3291 https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-8063(95)90110-8

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Cadaveric study reveals accurate meniscal sizing via plain radiographs in knee specimens, suggesting a practical method for donor matching.

Radiographic sizing for meniscal transplantation

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Radiographic sizing for meniscal transplantation

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