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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 4/2005

01-05-2005 | Knee

Chondral injury due to migration of a Mitek RapidLoc meniscal repair implant after successful meniscal repair: a case report

Authors: J. Gliatis, A. Kouzelis, A. Panagopoulos, E. Lambiris

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 4/2005

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Abstract

A case of chondral lesion of the medial femoral condyle caused by a bioabsorbable Mitek RapidLoc meniscal repair implant is presented. Meniscal repair was quite successful, but migration of one of the implanted fixation devices resulted in chondral damage, 12 months postoperatively. All orthopaedic surgeons using these new devices should be aware of the possibility of chondral damage of the adjacent femoral condyles.
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Metadata
Title
Chondral injury due to migration of a Mitek RapidLoc meniscal repair implant after successful meniscal repair: a case report
Authors
J. Gliatis
A. Kouzelis
A. Panagopoulos
E. Lambiris
Publication date
01-05-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 4/2005
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-004-0558-9

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