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ReviewKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2022

Evidence-based rationale for treatment of meniscal lesions in athletes.

Kyle A Borque, Mary Jones, Moises Cohen, Darren Johnson, Andy Williams

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Review in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Kyle A BorqueHouston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Houston, USA.
Mary JonesFortius Clinic, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-8922
Moises CohenDepartamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Darren JohnsonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Andy WilliamsFortius Clinic, London, UK. williams@fortiusclinic.com.
Fortius Clinic · GBHouston Methodist · USUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meniscal injuries in elite athletes are a common cause of missed game time and even have the potential to be career shortening. In this patient group, care must be paid not only to the pathology, but also to a player's contract status, time in the season, specific demands of his/her sport and position on the field, and future consequences. Successful treatment requires the clinician to understand the player's goals and needs, communicate effectively between all stakeholders, and a have knowledge of the challenges posed by the different types of meniscal tear seen in this population. Paramount is the distinction between injuries to the medial and lateral meniscus. Deficiency of the lateral meniscus, as a result of a tear or a meniscectomy, leads to frequent early problems and inexorably to chondral degeneration thereby affecting an athlete's ability to perform. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to repair the majority of lateral meniscal tears. Medial meniscal tears pose a more challenging treatment dilemma, as the success of partial meniscectomy in achieving reproducible, early return to play must be balanced against the long-term degenerative consequences. Many meniscal tears are correctly treated non-operatively.Level of evidence V.

Indexed as

Knee InjuriesTibial Meniscus InjuriesArthroscopyAthletesFemaleHumansMaleMeniscectomyMenisci, TibialLateral meniscusMedial meniscusMeniscal repairMeniscal root tearMeniscal tear

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PMID34415368
OpenAlexW3195707683

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