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SynthesisClinics in sports medicine2020

Meniscus Repair and Regeneration: A Systematic Review from a Basic and Translational Science Perspective.

John Twomey-Kozak, Chathuraka T Jayasuriya

Open access · bronzeAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Clinics in sports medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Outside-in repair technique is effective in traumatic tears of the meniscus in active adults: a systematic review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023
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  7. Three-dimensional-printed shape-memory composite scaffold for meniscus repair.The Journal of international medical research · 2026
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  9. Protective Effects ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Arthroscopic outside-in "two-needle suture" technique for anterior horn tears of the lateral meniscus.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2025
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  19. [Research progress of knee meniscal repair techniques].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John Twomey-KozakDepartment of Orthopaedics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Box G-A1, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Chathuraka T JayasuriyaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Box G-A1, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Electronic address: chathuraka_jayasuriya@brown.edu.
Brown University · US

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115677 · NIGMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ROUNDS, SHARON IRENE SMITH · 2016 to 2025
$45.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meniscus injuries are among the most common athletic injuries and result in functional impairment in the knee. Repair is crucial for pain relief and prevention of degenerative joint diseases like osteoarthritis. Current treatments, however, do not produce long-term improvements. Thus, recent research has been investigating new therapeutic options for regenerating injured meniscal tissue. This review comprehensively details the current methodologies being explored in the basic sciences to stimulate better meniscus injury repair. Furthermore, it describes how these preclinical strategies may improve current paradigms of how meniscal injuries are clinically treated through a unique and alternative perspective to traditional clinical methodology.

Indexed as

RegenerationTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsAdipose TissueBiomechanical PhenomenaBone Marrow CellsCartilageChondrocytesHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMenisci, TibialPlatelet-Rich FibrinPlatelet-Rich PlasmaStem Cell TransplantationSynovial MembraneTibial Meniscus InjuriesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMeniscusRegenerative medicineScaffoldsStem cellTissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID31767102
PMCPMC6884076
OpenAlexW2990048290

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Registered trials

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