ArticleCureus2023
Arthroscopic Meniscectomy vs Meniscal Repair: Comparison of Clinical Outcomes.
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- Osteoarthritis Development Following Meniscectomy vs. Meniscal Repair for Posterior Medial Meniscus Injuries: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Meniscal Dominant Loaders During Simulated Gait: A Cadaveric Study in Human Knees.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Meniscal repair versus resection: Integrating pain mediator profiles with functional outcomes in a comparative effectiveness study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Pneumatospinning and Electrospinning Scaffolds for Meniscus Regeneration Using Human Embryonic-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluating the efficacy and safety of an all-inside, all-suture meniscal repair device on arthroscopic meniscal repair: a prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled clinical trial.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Meniscal repair and partial meniscectomy demonstrated similar clinical outcomes with simultaneous combined anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral structure reconstruction.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative Outcomes of Arthroscopic Versus Open Meniscus Repair: An Observational Study.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- The evolution of the meniscus: Where surgical advancements meet translational research.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2025Article
- Nationwide Trends in Arthroscopic Knee Surgery and ACL Reconstruction in Romania, 2017-2023: Insights from a Seven-Year Health System Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Aging on Meniscal Tears and Chondral Lesions in Men: Insights from First-Time Arthroscopic Knee Evaluation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Global trends and research landscape of arthroscopic therapy and exercise rehabilitation in meniscal tear: a bibliometric analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- MRI-Based Prediction of Meniscal Tear Repairability Demonstrates Limited Accuracy and Reliability.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of time between meniscal injury and isolated meniscus repair on post-operative outcomes: A systematic review.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Lateral Meniscal Tears Can be Safely Repaired "All-Inside" Without Peroneal Nerve Injury: Case Series and Literature Review.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2024Article
- How to Improve Meniscal Repair through Biological Augmentation: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background Meniscal tears are the most common injury of the knee. Surgical treatment has fallen into contention recently and includes arthroscopic meniscectomy and meniscal repair. The primary aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate patients with isolated meniscal tears and compare their outcomes with patients who have undergone arthroscopic meniscus surgery. The secondary aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of patients who have undergone arthroscopic meniscectomy with patients who have undergone arthroscopic meniscal repair. Methods This comparative clinical study screened 334 patients to identify subjects who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery for isolated meniscal tears and compare them to patients with symptomatic isolated meniscal tears awaiting surgery using validated patient-reported outcome measures. These included the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form, Lysholm score, Tegner score, EuroQol-5 Dimension, and the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey. Results A total of 117 patients (Meniscal Tear group (n=36), Meniscectomy group (n=64), and Meniscal Repair group (n=17)) were included in the final data analysis. Both the Meniscectomy group and the Meniscal Repair group (mean 55-month follow-up) showed significantly better clinical outcomes than patients in the Meniscal Tear group (p<0.05). Overall, the Meniscal Repair group demonstrated superior clinical outcomes when compared to the Meniscectomy group (p<0.05). Conclusion Arthroscopic knee surgery showed significant clinical benefit at medium-term follow-up in treating patients with isolated meniscal tears. When feasible, meniscal repair should be performed preferentially over meniscectomy.
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