Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The depth study of disciplines, such as tissue engineering, genetic engineering, biomechanics and materials science, provides a new approach for the treatment of meniscal injuries.
OBJECTIVE: To multivariately analyze the literatures on the tissue-engineered repair of exercise-induced meniscal injury through Scopus database and to summarize the application progress of tissue-engineered repair of exercise-induced meniscal injury.
METHODS: A retrieval was performed for the literature of the tissue-engineered repair of exercise-induced meniscal injury, using the key words of “meniscus, sports injuries, tissue engineering, repair” between January 2002 and December 2011 in Scopus database. The retrieval results were analyzed, and the trends were described in words and graphics.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 245 literatures on the issue-engineered repair of exercise-induced meniscal injury were retrieved in Scopus database, in which most of paper were published as original articles. Eight articles were identified as classic literatures. The overall number of literature had an upward trend from 2002 to 2011. United States and England published more literature than other countries, which play an important role in the field of tissue-engineered repair of exercise-induced meniscal injury. Most of literatures were published from Rice University, University of Pennsylvania, and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. Biomaterials published most papers in this field (n=15, 6.12%). This paper provides a valuable reference for researchers to understand the overview and present situation of this field.