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Evolution of Tissue Quality of Meniscal Tears Through the Past 20 Years
| Date | Tissue Quality, n (%)∗ |
Total, n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degenerative | Nondegenerative | ||
| 2002-2006 | 156 (63.2) | 91 (36.8) | 247 |
| 2007-2011 | 197 (35.9) | 351 (64.1) | 548 |
| 2012-2016 | 101 (17.3) | 482 (82.7) | 583 |
| 2017-2021 | 50 (9.7) | 464 (90.3) | 514 |
| Total | 504 (26.6) | 1,388 (73.4) | 1,892 |
Significant difference: P < .001.
