Table 8.
Evolution of Arthroscopic Findings According to the Treatment Performed on Meniscal Tears Analyzed by Sex, Age, and Knee Affected
| Date | Treatment | Sex, n (%) |
Age, n (%) |
Knee, n (%) |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | P Value | <16 | 16-30 | 31-45 | >45 | P Value | Right | Left | P Value | ||
| 2002-2006 | APM | 147 (79) | 40 (65.6) | .074 | 3 (75) | 14 (63.6) | 92 (83.6) | 78 (70.3) | <.001 | 100 (79.4) | 87 (71.9) | .204 |
| MR | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Other | 38 (20.5) | 21 (34.4) | 0 (0) | 8 (36.4) | 18 (16.4) | 33 (29.7) | 25 (19.8) | 34 (28.1) | ||||
| 2007-2011 | APM | 373 (92.1) | 128 (89.5) | .443 | 7 (63.6) | 126 (87.5) | 208 (94.1) | 160 (93) | <.001 | 254 (91.4) | 247 (91.5) | .768 |
| MR | 11 (2.7) | 5 (3.5) | 3 (27.3) | 6 (4.2) | 3 (1.4) | 4 (2.3) | 11 (3.9) | 5 (1.8) | ||||
| Other | 21 (5.2) | 10 (7) | 1 (9.1) | 12 (8.3) | 10 (4.5) | 8 (4.7) | 13 (4.7) | 18 (6.7) | ||||
| 2012-2016 | APM | 349 (74.9) | 76 (65) | .136 | 9 (42.9) | 172 (66.4) | 187 (77.6) | 57 (91.9) | <.001 | 216 (69.5) | 209 (76.8) | .300 |
| MR | 78 (16.7) | 30 (25.6) | 10 (47.6) | 68 (26.3) | 29 (12) | 1 (1.6) | 63 (20.3) | 45 (16.6) | ||||
| Other | 39 (8.4) | 11 (9.4) | 2 (9.5) | 19 (7.3) | 21 (10.4) | 4 (6.5) | 32 (10.2) | 18 (6.6) | ||||
| 2017-2021 | APM | 64 (17) | 27 (19.6) | .830 | 1 (4.2) | 8 (3.9) | 36 (18.3) | 46 (51.7) | <.001 | 60 (19.7) | 31 (14.8) | .215 |
| MR | 307 (81.7) | 111 (80.4) | 23 (95.8) | 194 (95.1) | 158 (80.2) | 43 (48.3) | 241 (79.3) | 177 (84.3) | ||||
| Other | 5 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 2 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 2 (0.9) | ||||
APM, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy; MR, meniscal repair; Other, other conservative treatments different from repair.