Fresh meniscus transplantation programme launched
The Hindu — Health · 4 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Rathi Med Speciality Hospital, Chennai, launched a fresh meniscus allograft transplantation (MAT) programme as part of the Chennai Knee Course 2026 on Sunday (October 4).
The programme was inaugurated by IIT-Madras Director V. Kamakoti and Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Darez Ahamed, IAS.
The programme involves using a healthy meniscus from selected patients undergoing total knee replacement as a fresh graft for patients whose damaged meniscus cannot be repaired or reconstructed.
The hospital said it had received a licence from the Tamil Nadu government to perform fresh meniscus transplantation of the knee ), valid until December 2030.
The programme is led by N. Ragunanthan, Director, Head of Orthopaedics, and Consultant Surgeon of the hospital.
The conference, titled ‘The Meniscus 360° – From Repair to Transplant’, discussed meniscus transplantation and knee preservation.
The hospital also presented its Kinematic Knee Treatment and KPA Knee Preservation 360° approach for knee preservation in suitable patients below 60 years of age.
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