Research Article
Tissue Engineering of Large Full-Size Meniscus Defects by a Polyurethane Scaffold: Accelerated Regeneration by Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Table 1
Meniscus scoring system for the evaluation of meniscus repair tissue [
23,
24].
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| Defect-filling | No fill | <25% | 25–75% | >75% | Surface | No surface | Ruptured | Fissured/fibrillated | Meniscus-like | Integration | No integration | Partial, unilateral integration | Bilateral partial or unilateral complete integration | Bilateral complete integration | Cellularity | No cells | >10 cell cluster/slide | No cell cluster/slide, cell-ECM | Meniscus-like cell-ECM ratio | Cell morphology | No cells | <25% meniscus-like cells | 25–75% meniscus-like cells | >75% meniscus-like cells | Content of proteoglycan | No staining for proteoglycan | <25% | 25–75% | >75% | Content of collagen II | No staining for collagen II | <25% | 25–75% | >75% | Stability | No stability | Weak | Stable in shape | Stable to pressure and pulling stress |
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ECM = extracellular matrix.
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