Long-term outcome after meniscal repair

Purpose The purpose of this study was to analyse the clinical and radiological results of meniscal repairs and identify factors that correlate with the success of this procedure. Methods A retrospective review of 119 meniscal repairs was completed. The average follow-up was 70 months. Successful men...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2011-02, Vol.19 (2), p.236-241
Main Authors: Tengrootenhuysen, Mike, Meermans, Geert, Pittoors, Kathleen, van Riet, Roger, Victor, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Arthritis
Child
Humans
Injuries
Knee
Knees
Ligaments
Logistic Models
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Menisci, Tibial - diagnostic imaging
Menisci, Tibial - surgery
Middle Aged
Orthopedic Procedures - methods
Orthopedics
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Patients
Radiography
Retrospective Studies
Sports
Success
Surgery
Suture Techniques
Techniques
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this study was to analyse the clinical and radiological results of meniscal repairs and identify factors that correlate with the success of this procedure. Methods A retrospective review of 119 meniscal repairs was completed. The average follow-up was 70 months. Successful meniscal repairs were observed critically in terms of radiographic changes and clinical outcomes and compared with failed meniscal repairs. Results The overall success rate of meniscal repairs was 74%. Meniscal repairs that were performed within 6 weeks of injury had better results (83%) than late repairs (52%). The best results were obtained with the inside-out technique using #0 PDS suture (80%) compared to all-inside Biofix arrows (70%) and combined repairs (63%). Patients with associated ACL injury had a better chance of a successful outcome, but this was only significant when the ACL was reconstructed at the time of repair ( P  
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-010-1286-y