Preservation of the injured meniscus tissue is the ideal goal of surgical treatment. However,
many meniscal tears are not repairable with the result a loss of varying degrees of meniscal
tissue. Various techniques are available to replace either portions of lost meniscal tissue or the
entire meniscus. These techniques include the use of scaffolds, meniscal allografts, and synthetic
meniscal implants. This article reviews the techniques utilized to restore the deficient meniscus.
