SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2022
Higher healing rate after meniscal repair with concomitant ACL reconstruction for tears located in vascular zone 1 compared to zone 2: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Meta-Analysis of Knee Joint Function Recovery after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Accelerated Rehabilitation Surgery.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- An Acta Orthopaedica educational article: Current strategies for meniscal preservation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Acta orthopaedica · 2026Review
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- All-inside meniscal repair using polyether ether ketone versus all-suture anchors: No difference in failure rates at three-follow-up in a retrospective cohort of 2253 patients.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Self-assembled meniscus-specific ECM membrane promotes cell migration and vascular ingrowth for meniscus repair and reconstruction.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2026Article
- Side-to-side repair improves coronal meniscal extrusion in lateral meniscus oblique radial tears concomitant with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- APKASS 2024 consensus statement on anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, Part I: Management of paediatric anterior cruciate ligament injury.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2026Article
- Platelet-rich plasma facilitates earlier functional recovery and return to sport in traumatic meniscal repair: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Isolated meniscal repair, medial meniscus repair and older age increase failure risk after all-inside meniscal repair: A cohort study of 2264 patients.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Pneumatospinning and Electrospinning Scaffolds for Meniscus Regeneration Using Human Embryonic-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Red-White Zone Involvement and Medial Meniscal Tears Are Associated with Poorer Prognosis after Arthroscopic Repair of Bucket-Handle Tears.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2026Article
- Current practice of biologic augmentation techniques to enhance the healing of meniscal repairs: A collaborative survey within the Meniscus International Network (MenIN) Study Group.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- All-Inside Versus Inside-Out Meniscus Repair: Gaps in the Long-Term Current Evidence.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Association between Meniscal Injuries at the Time of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Lower Return-to-Sport Rates: An Analysis at 5 Years of Follow-up of the MERIscience Cohort.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- A Review of Revision Meniscal Repair: Clinical Considerations and Outcomes.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Fibrin Clot Augmentation During All-Inside Meniscal Repair: Pull-In Technique.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Long-Term Results for Meniscus Repair.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Long-term Effects of Concomitant Lateral Meniscal Management on ACL Reconstruction Revision Rate and Secondary Meniscal and Cartilaginous Injuries.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Growth differentiation factor 5 improves meniscal healing in a pilot study on rats.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Association Between Patient Characteristics and the Depth of Microvascular Penetration Into the Adult Human Meniscus.The American journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to determine and compare the percentage of completely healed meniscal tears after arthroscopic repair combined with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) for the different vascular zones of the meniscus.
methodsPubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane library and Emcare were searched on 19 May 2020 for articles reporting healing rates after arthroscopic meniscal repair with concomitant ACLR for the different meniscal vascular zones as assessed by second-look arthroscopy. Data on meniscal tears were extracted as located in zones 1, 2 or 3, according to the Cooper classification. Studies were graded in quality using a modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Pooled analyses were performed utilizing a random-effects model. Meta-analyses were performed using R version 3.6.2 and SPSS statistical software version 25.0. The study was registered with PROSPERO (ID:CRD42020176175).
resultsTen observational cohort studies met the inclusion criteria, accounting for 758 meniscal tear repairs in total. The pooled overall proportion of healing was 78% (95% CI 72-84%). The mean weighted proportion of healing was 83% (95% CI 76-90%) for studies (n = 10) reporting zone 1 tears and 69% (95% CI 59-79%) for studies (n = 9) reporting zone 2 tears. No study reported healing rates for zone 3 tears. The pooled overall odds ratio was 2.5 (95% CI 1.00-6.02), indicating zone 1 tears as 2.5 times more likely to heal than zone 2 tears.
conclusionThis study demonstrates that meniscal tears localized in vascular zone 1 were more likely to heal than those in zone 2. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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