“Responding to the great demand for restoring menisci, researchers and surgeons have made significant progress in treating meniscus tears in the past five years,” says Nobuo Adachi, an ...

The menisci of the knee are important load sharers and shock absorbers in the joint. Meniscal tears are common, and whenever possible meniscal tears should be surgically repaired. Meniscectomy leads ...

In addition, two tough pieces of fibrocartilage, called menisci, lie inside the joint, providing further stability and shock absorption. All these structures work together to enable the knee to ...