The first surgery in the state of Tennessee using the MISHA Knee System was performed by T. Lisle Whitman, M.D., board-certified orthopedic surgeon and practice president at Appalachian Orthopedics.

had come to Bhubaneswar for the surgery from Haryana’s Gurugram. She was also suffering from a meniscus tear. The meniscus is a rubbery cartilage in the knee that acts as a shock absorber.

Because I have had 32 dislocations over 20 years, my cartilage -- which is the knee's shock absorber -- has been ... this new operation -- a chondrocyte implant. My surgeon put me in touch with ...

The implant is placed on the medial knee and moves with the natural joint ... and development and is the first implantable shock absorber for the treatment of medial compartment knee ...

The menisci of the knee are important load sharers and shock absorbers in the joint ... The field of meniscal surgery continues to develop apace, and the future may lie in growing new menisci by ...