Observational studyJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2020
The relationship between ACL reconstruction and meniscal repair: quality of life, sports return, and meniscal failure rate-2- to 12-year follow-up.
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- Single versus double bundle in posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Intraoperative Failure of Meniscus Fixation Devices After Range of Motion Cycling: A Survey of the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society Membership.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcome of Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Simultaneous Meniscus Repair.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- All-Inside Versus Inside-Out Meniscus Repair: Gaps in the Long-Term Current Evidence.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Restoring Stability - A Case of a Decade Old Triple Bucket Handle Meniscus Tear with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Long-Term Results for Meniscus Repair.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Outcomes of ACL Reconstruction with Concomitant Meniscal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- The 'Floating Medial Meniscus' Lesion in KD3M Knee Dislocations.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Impact of Ligamentous Adhesion to the Posterior Cruciate Ligament on Radiological, Arthroscopic, and Clinical Outcomes One Year After ACL Reconstruction: A Cohort Study :.Galen medical journal · 2025Article
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- Translation and cross-cultural adaptation to Spanish of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Return to Sport after Injury Scale (SP ACL‑RSI): Measurement properties and responsiveness in a multisport sample.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Good mid- to long-term outcomes after meniscus bucket-handle tear repair: A comparative analysis with and without anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Alteration in ACL loading after total and partial medial meniscectomy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Surgical Management of Traumatic Meniscus Injuries.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2023Review
- Incomplete meniscal healing in early second-look arthroscopy does not indicate failure of repair: a case series.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Meniscal repair failure following concurrent primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: results from the New Zealand ACL Registry.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Clinical, Biomechanical, and Self-reported Health Status After ACL Reconstruction With Meniscal Repair in Soccer Players: Results at Minimum 1-Year Follow-up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Spanish Version of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Quality of Life Questionnaire: Translation, Cross-cultural Adaptation, and Validation.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Meniscus Repair with or without Multiple Intra-Articular Injections of Platelet Rich Plasma after Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have approached in a long-term follow-up of meniscal repair at an amateur level, specially studying variables as a quality of life and failure rate. The purpose of this review is to study medium to long-term clinical results in patients at amateur sports patients, that have required meniscal sutures at our center, with or without ACL reconstruction. We evaluate the objective function of the knee, as well as patients' return to sports activities, quality of life, and the rate of failed repair and study of the possible reasons.
methodsThis was an observational retrospective study. Ninety-two patients who regularly perform amateur sports activities (Tegner 4 to 7) were assessed, with a minimum follow-up period of 2 years, divided into 2 groups: group 1, isolated meniscal suture (43 cases) and group 2, associated to ACL reconstruction (49 cases). Each patient made this test in 2019: Lysholm and Tegner (validated for Spanish) before a knee injury and after surgery, motivation to return to sports activity (Likert scale with 3 items: low, regular, or high), and quality of life through SD-12 test.
resultsHigh return to amateur sports rate (92%) was even higher in the isolated meniscal repair group in comparison to the group with associated ACL. We have not found statistically significant differences between sports return and age, gender, injured meniscus, chondral injuries, preoperative Tegner score, or motivation. No significant differences in physical or mental health fields between both groups. Meniscal repair failed in 12 patients (13%). Higher rate of failure in isolated bucket-handle tear injuries (p < 0.0062). No statistically significant association was found between the other variables studied.
conclusionsGood results with 92% of sports return, low rate of complications, and low retear rate, even lower when is associated with ACL reconstruction and in external meniscus repair, and high values at SF-12 between 2 groups.
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