First Clinical Application of Polyurethane Meniscal Scaffolds with Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Assessment of Cartilage Quality with T2 Mapping at 12 Months

Abstract

Meniscal substitution with polyurethane scaffold maintains normal T2 mapping values in adjacent cartilage at 12 months. The addition of MSC did not show any advantage in the protection of articular cartilage over acellular scaffolds (<i>P</i> > 0.05).