ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020
Arthroscopic repair of horizontal cleavage meniscus tears provides good clinical outcomes in spite of poor meniscus healing.
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- Finite element analysis of the knee joint stress after partial meniscectomy for meniscus horizontal cleavage tears.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Horizontal Cleavage Tear Meniscal Repair Using All-Inside Circumferential Compression Sutures.Arthroscopy techniques · 2023Article
- Arthroscopic repair of degenerative medial meniscus tears in patients aged over 45 years resulted in favorable clinical outcomes and low clinical failure rates at a minimum 2-year follow-up.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Biomechanical effects of the medial meniscus horizontal tear and the resection strategy on the rabbit knee joint under resting state: finite element analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes and meniscus healing after arthroscopic repair of horizontal-cleavage meniscus tears, compared with vertical-longitudinal meniscus tears.
methodsThis was a retrospective review of a consecutive series of 52 meniscal repairs for horizontal-cleavage tears (n = 27) or vertical-longitudinal tears (n = 25); the groups were compared with respect to clinical symptoms and meniscal healing. Arthroscopic meniscal repair was performed using the inside-out technique with a marrow-stimulating technique. Clinical symptoms were evaluated using the Lysholm score and Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS). Meniscus healing was evaluated by MRI.
resultsThe mean follow-up periods were 35.4 ± 8.9 months in the horizontal-cleavage tear group and 39.8 ± 8.3 months in the vertical-longitudinal tear group. There were no significant differences in Lysholm score and KOOS, including each subscale, between the horizontal-cleavage tear- and vertical-longitudinal tear-groups at the final follow-up. At the final follow-up, MRI meniscus grades 0 and 1 were significantly more frequent in the vertical-longitudinal tear-group than in the horizontal-cleavage tear-group, while grade 3 was significantly more frequent in the horizontal-cleavage tear group than in the vertical-longitudinal tear group (p < 0.0001).
conclusionsAlthough meniscus healing of horizontal-cleavage tears may be poor, arthroscopic repair should be considered for horizontal-cleavage tears because it does provide good clinical outcomes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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