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Fig. 5 | Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Fig. 5

From: Meniscal substitution, a developing and long-awaited demand

Fig. 5

Augmented meniscal repair in a goat model. a) Isolated infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) b) IPFP-derived mesenchymal stromal cells under microscope demonstrating characteristic spindle-shaped morphology c) Goat meniscus 6 months after creation of a critical-sized radial meniscal tear in 4 different groups: Control, no meniscal tear; Untreated, radial meniscal tear left in situ; Repair, radial tear repair with single horizontal mattress suture; Augmented, radial tear repair with single horizontal mattress suture + augmentation with cell-seeded hydrogel at the tear site. Suture repair minimized gap formation and neotissue formation was further improved with cell-based augmentation

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