An artificial meniscus is a manufactured device that is slipped into the gap where a knee meniscus has previously been removed.
Standalone - or part of an arthroplasty
Such engineered devices have been tried that are standalone and the metal ones have not enjoyed great success, although experimentors are trying plastic ones that have a certain amount of 'give'. Knee replacements, of course, usually have a plastic component that replaces the meniscus.
Synonyms:
synthetic meniscus
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