FIG. 1.

Preparation of composite constructs of meniscus and scaffold. (A–C) Cylinder-shaped explants (5 mm diameter×10 mm height) were excised from the inner avascular region of the meniscus, with the long axis aligned along the direction of the meniscal circumferential fibers. (D) Schematic illustration of the in vitro model of meniscal repair for radial tear in each group. Dotted line in the meniscal construct represents meniscal fiber direction and solid line in the scaffold represents scaffold fiber direction. Scaffold, scaffold only; cell, cell-seeded scaffold. Color images available online at www.liebertpub.com/tea