Table 7.
Evolution of Arthroscopic Findings According to the Repairability of the Meniscal Tear Analyzed by Meniscus Affected, Zone and Region of the Lesion and Type of Tear
| Date | Repairability | Meniscus, n (%) |
Zone, n (%) |
Region, n (%) |
Type of Tear, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED. | LAT. | P Value | 1 | 2 | 3 | P Value | MISC. | AH | MT | PH | P Value | COMP. | LONG. | FLAP | RADIAL | HORIZ. | ROOT | RAMP | P Value | ||
| 2002-2006 | RT | 3 (1.8) | 1 (1.3) | .763 | 3 (4.3) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | <.001 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (11.4) | 0 (0) | <.106 | 0 (0) | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (6.7) | 0 (0) | <.001 | ||
| NRT | 165 (98.2) | 78 (98.7) | 67 (95.7) | 128 (99.2) | 48 (100) | 60 (100) | 13 (100) | 31 (88.6) | 139 (100) | 151 (100) | 13 (86.7) | 42 (100) | 28 (93.3) | 9 (100) | |||||||
| 2007-2011 | RT | 165 (47.1) | 83 (41.9) | .238 | 197 (69.1) | 51 (25.6) | 0 (0) | <.001 | 104 (56.5) | 11 (36.7) | 6 (14) | 127 (43.6) | <.001 | 5 (2.6) | 201 (91.4) | 0 (0) | 29 (40.3) | 10 (71.4) | 3 (50) | <.001 | |
| NRT | 185 (52.9) | 115 (58.1) | 88 (30.9) | 141 (74.4) | 71 (100) | 80 (43.5) | 19 (63.3) | 37 (86) | 164 (56.4) | 189 (97.4) | 19 (8.6) | 42 (100) | 43 (59.7) | 4 (28.6) | 3 (50) | ||||||
| 2012-2016 | RT | 171 (62.4) | 84 (27.2) | .<.001 | 172 (63) | 82 (37.8) | 1 (1.1) | <.001 | 76 (51.4) | 8 (26.7) | 7 (9.9) | 164 (49.1) | <.001 | 7 (3.7) | 219 (94) | 0 (0) | 13 (15.5) | 8 (40) | 7 (58.3) | 1 (100) | <.001 |
| NRT | 103 (37.6) | 225 (72.8) | 101 (37) | 135 (62.2) | 92 (98.9) | 72 (48.6) | 22 (73.3) | 64 (90.1) | 170 (50.9) | 180 (96.3) | 14 (6) | 46 (100) | 71 (84.5) | 12 (60) | 5 (41.7) | 0 (0) | |||||
| 2017-2021 | RT | 271 (83.1) | 152 (80.9) | .515 | 351 (94.1) | 71 (56.3) | 1 (6.7) | <.001 | 55 (80.9) | 7 (43.8) | 13 (48.1) | 348 (86.4) | <.001 | 43 (42.2) | 288 (98.3) | 2 (11.8) | 19 (70.4) | 9 (100) | 52 (98.1) | 13 (100) | <.001 |
| NRT | 55 (16.9) | 36 (19.1) | 22 (5.9) | 55 (43.7) | 14 (93.3) | 13 (19.1) | 9 (56.3) | 14 (51.9) | 55 (13.6) | 59 (57.8) | 5 (1.7) | 15 (88.2) | 8 (29.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | |||||
AH, anterior horn; COMP., complex; HORIZ., horizontal; LAT., lateral; LONG., longitudinal; MED., medial; MISC., miscellaneous regions affected; MT, middle third; NRT, nonrepairable meniscus tear; PH, posterior horn; RT, repairable meniscus tear.