Meniscal Repair Using Fibrin Clots Made From Bone Marrow Blood Wrapped in a Polyglycolic Acid Sheet

Abstract Meniscal repair is one of the most common procedures for meniscal tears; however, a previous systematic review showed meniscal repairs have a greater reoperation rate compared with partial meniscectomies. Therefore, an improvement of existing meniscal repair techniques is warranted. Clinical results of polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheets have been reported for rotator cuff repairs. In recent years, we have performed meniscal repairs using wrapped fibrin clots in PGA sheet. We considered the use of wrapped fibrin clots with a PGA sheet to treat meniscus tears. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a step-by-step guide to our new delivery technique using fibrin clots.