LaPrade Robert F., Arendt Elizabeth A., Getgood Alan, Faucett Scott C. (eds.) The Menisci. A Comprehensive Review of their Anatomy, Biomechanical Function and Surgical Treatment

ISAKOS, 2017. — 197 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-53791-6.We extend our appreciation to ISAKOS for providing sponsorship and to Springer for the editorial leadership for this book on the menisci. This textbook was a collaborative project between the Sports Medicine and Knee Committee members and their research staff. The authors of this textbook certainly have a passion in trying to promote preservation of the menisci. As surgeons, it appears that the one factor that we can effect to prevent osteoarthritis more than any other is to perform a meniscus repair when it is possible.
Thus, this textbook aims to review the different types of meniscus tears, those types of meniscus tears that are repairable, and the benefits that can be seen from repairing them.
We anticipate that this work will prove beneficial to surgeons worldwide. In the future, we believe that further biologic augmentation of meniscus repairs should stretch the indications for meniscal repairs even further compared to the types of tears that we repair commonly. We certainly hope that this textbook proves to be beneficial both for the arthroscopist in training and for those at advanced levels of sports medicine practice.