Table 1.

Patient selection criteria used by the authors.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Age under 45, 50 or 55	Osteoarthritis	Rheumatoid arthritis
Normal alignment of the joint	Axial malalignment	Neurologic disease
No ligament surgery	Instability of the knee	Pregnancy
Post-meniscectomy pain and swelling during ADL, sport	Arthrofibrosis	Osteonecrosis
Stabilized AC (before or associated to MAT)	Muscle atrophy	Osteophytosis
Meniscal tissue loss of more than 50%	Joint infection	>Ahlback II on Rosenberg RX
OT possible associated with MAT	Synovitis	Immature bones
	PC surgery	Age above 60
	Outerbridge class III or higher	Severe cartilage degeneration
	Corticosteroids less than 30 days before transplant

ADL: activities of daily living, ACL: anterior cruciate ligament, MAT: meniscus allograft transplantation, OT: osteotomy, PCL: posterior cruciate ligament.