One-third of meniscal tears are repairable: An epidemiological study evaluating meniscal tear patterns in stable and unstable knees
Arthroscopy Feb 01, 2019
Espejo-Reina A, et al. - In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a sum of 2066 cases with knee injuries were examined to analyze the meniscal tear patterns in both stable and unstable knees to determine the exact proportion of such injuries that could have been repaired. Authors observed 34.9% of all meniscal injuries offered the potential for repair. They also noted a rise of 55.6% in the proportion of repairable tears when the injury was accompanied by anterior cruciate ligament damage.
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