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SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2023

Meniscectomy is associated with a higher rate of osteoarthritis compared to meniscal repair following acute tears: a meta-analysis.

Filippo Migliorini, Luise Schäfer, Andreas Bell, Christian David Weber, Gianluca Vecchio, Nicola Maffulli

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Synthesis in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
19.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Filippo Migliorini *Department of Orthopaedic, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany. migliorini.md@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-1221
Luise Schäfer *Department of Orthopaedic, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Andreas BellDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Eifelklinik St.Brigida, 52152, Simmerath, Germany.
Christian David WeberDepartment of Orthopaedic, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Gianluca VecchioDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081, Baronissi, Italy.
Nicola MaffulliFaculty of Medicine and Psychology, University Hospital Sant' Andrea, University La Sapienza, 00185, Rome, Italy.
RWTH Aachen University · DEOrthopaedic Trauma Association · USOspedale di Bolzano · ITQueen Mary University of London · GBUniversity of Salerno · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMeniscal tears are common and may impair knee function and biomechanics. This meta-analysis compared meniscal repair versus resection in patients with symptomatic meniscal tears in terms of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs), joint width, surgical failure, and rate of progression to osteoarthritis (OA) at conventional radiography.

methodsThis study was conducted according to the 2020 PRISMA statement. In August 2023, the following databases were accessed: PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Embase. Two reviewers independently performed the analysis and a methodological quality assessment of the included studies. All the clinical investigations which compared repair versus resection of meniscal tears were accessed.

resultsData from 20 studies (31,783 patients) were collected. The mean BMI was 28.28 ± 3.2 kg/m

conclusionMeniscal repair is associated with a lower progression to knee osteoarthritis at approximately six years of follow-up compared to partial meniscectomy. No difference in PROMs, medial joint width, and failures were evidenced. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, meta-analysis.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeKnee InjuriesOsteoarthritis, KneeAdultArthroscopyFemaleHumansKnee JointMeniscectomyMenisci, TibialMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultKneeMeniscectomyMeniscusOsteoarthritisRepairResection

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PMID37812251
PMCPMC10719156
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