Table 4.
Evolution of Arthroscopic Findings According to the Quality of Meniscal Tissue Analyzed by Meniscus Affected, Zone and Region of the Lesion, and Type of Tear
| Date | TQ | Meniscus, n (%) |
Zone, n (%) |
Region, n (%) |
Type of Tear, n (%) |
P Value | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED. | LAT. | P Value | 1 | 2 | 3 | P Value | MISC. | AH | MT | PH | P Value | COMP. | LONG. | FLAP | RADIAL | HORIZ. | ROOT | RAMP | |||
| 2002-2006 | NDMT | 57 (33.9) | 34 (43) | .166 | 24 (34.3) | 47 (36.4) | 20 (41.7) | .710 | 18 (30) | 4 (30.8) | 21 (60) | 48 (34.5) | .020 | 40 (26.5) | 5 (33.3) | 28 (66.7) | 14 (46.7) | 4 (44.4) | <.001 | ||
| DMT | 111 (66.1) | 45 (57) | 46 (65.7) | 82 (63.6) | 28 (58.3) | 42 (70) | 9 (69.2) | 14 (40) | 91 (65.5) | 111 (73.5) | 10 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) | 16 (53.3) | 5 (55.6) | |||||||
| 2007-2011 | NDMT | 216 (61.7) | 135 (68.2) | .130 | 217 (76.1) | 105 (54.7) | 29 (40.8) | <.001 | 123 (66.8) | 15 (50) | 25 (58.1) | 188 (64.6) | .274 | 50 (25.8) | 206 (93.6) | 24 (57.1) | 57 (79.2) | 11 (78.6) | 3 (50) | <.001 | |
| DMT | 134 (38.3) | 63 (31.8) | 68 (23.9) | 87 (45.3) | 42 (59.2) | 61 (33.2) | 15 (50) | 18 (41.9) | 103 (35.4) | 144 (74.2) | 14 (6.4) | 18 (42.9) | 15 (20.8) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (50) | ||||||
| 2012-2016 | NDMT | 237 (86.5) | 245 (79.3) | .022 | 241 (88.3) | 180 (82.9) | 61 (65.6) | <.001 | 119 (80.4) | 15 (50) | 58 (81.7) | 290 (86.8) | <.001 | 102 (54.5) | 224 (96.1) | 46 (100) | 80 (95.2) | 18 (90) | 11 (91.7) | 1 (100) | <.001 |
| DMT | 37 (13.5) | 64 (20.7) | 32 (11.7) | 37 (17.1) | 32 (34.4) | 29 (19.6) | 15 (50) | 13 (18.3) | 44 (13.2) | 85 (45.5) | 9 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.8) | 2 (10) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | |||||
| 2017-2021 | NDMT | 300 (92) | 164 (87.2) | .078 | 353 (94.6) | 98 (77.8) | 13 (86.7) | <.001 | 56 (82.4) | 11 (68.8) | 24 (88.9) | 373 (92.6) | .001 | 69 (67.6) | 284 (96.9) | 14 (82.4) | 25 (92.6) | 9 (100) | 50 (94.3) | 13 (100) | <.001 |
| DMT | 26 (8) | 24 (12.8) | 20 (5.4) | 28 (22.2) | 2 (13.3) | 12 (17.6) | 5 (31.3) | 3 (11.1) | 30 (7.4) | 33 (32.4) | 9 (3.1) | 3 (17.6) | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0) | 3 (5.7) | 0 (0) | |||||
AH, anterior horn; COMP., complex; DMT, degenerative meniscus tear; HORIZ., horizontal. LAT., lateral; LONG., longitudinal; MED., medial; MISC., miscellaneous regions affected; MT, middle third; NDMT, nondegenerative meniscus tear; PH, posterior horn; TQ, tissue quality.