Meniscal Allograft: French Organization

Because of medical and administrative difficulties that we had been encountering in France, we organized and standardized meniscal allografting, taking advantage of the international experience in this field. We encouraged orthopaedic departments interested in developing this technique to join the French Meniscal Transplantation Group. After establishing the standards and indications of deep-frozen meniscal allografting with bone plug fixation during arthroscopic surgery and defining the technique of this procedure, the meniscal transplantations performed at the 17 participating departments will be analysed in the first prospective and randomized study ever. We hope that the administrative steps that have already been accomplished will allow the diversification and the diffusion of this technique in France, based on our results and experience.