Table 9.
Evolution of Arthroscopic Findings According to the Treatment Performed on Meniscal Tears Analyzed by Meniscus Affected, Zone and Region of the Lesion, and Type of Tear
| Date | Treatment | 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 | APM | 140 (83.3) | 47 (59.5) | <.001 | 61 (87.1) | 107 (82.9) | 19 (39.6) | <.001 | 44 (73.3) | 7 (53.8) | 21 (60) | 115 (82.7) | .009 | 111 (73.5) | 10 (66.7) | 40 (95.2) | 20 (66.7) | 6 (66.7) | .001 | ||
| MR | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||||
| Other | 27 (16.1) | 32 (40.5) | 9 (12.9) | 21 (16.3) | 29 (60.4) | 16 (26.7) | 6 (46.2) | 13 (37.1) | 24 (17.3) | 40 (26.5) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (4.8) | 10 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | |||||||
| 2007-2011 | APM | 337 (96.3) | 164 (82.8) | <.001 | 260 (91.2) | 187 (97.4) | 54 (76.1) | <.001 | 175 (95.1) | 15 (50) | 35 (81.4) | 276 (94.8) | <.001 | 172 (88.7) | 207 (94.1) | 42 (100) | 65 (90.3) | 14 (100) | 1 (16.7) | <.001 | |
| MR | 2 (0.6) | 14 (7.1) | 14 (4.9) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (36.7) | 5 (11.6) | 0 (0) | 5 (2.6) | 4 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (50) | ||||||
| Other | 11 (3.1) | 20 (10.1) | 11 (3.9) | 3 (1.6) | 17 (23.9) | 9 (4.9) | 4 (13.3) | 3 (7) | 15 (5.2) | 17 (8.7) | 9 (4.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (33.3) | ||||||
| 2012-2016 | APM | 180 (65.7) | 245 (79.3) | <.001 | 169 (61.9) | 179 (82.5) | 77 (82.8) | <.001 | 128 (86.5) | 20 (66.7) | 57 (80.3) | 220 (65.9) | <.001 | 169 (90.4) | 121 (51.9) | 46 (100) | 69 (82.1) | 19 (95) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | <.001 |
| MR | 83 (30.3) | 25 (8) | 87 (31.9) | 20 (9.2) | 1 (1.1) | 16 (10.8) | 7 (23.3) | 4 (5.7) | 81 (24.2) | 7 (3.7) | 91 (39.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 7 (58.3) | 1 (100) | |||||
| Other | 11 (4) | 39 (12.7) | 17 (6.2) | 18 (8.3) | 15 (16.1) | 4 (2.7) | 3 (10) | 10 (14) | 33 (9.9) | 11 (5.9) | 21 (9) | 0 (0) | 13 (15.5) | 1 (5) | 4 (33.4) | 0 (0) | |||||
| 2017-2021 | APM | 57 (17.5) | 34 (18.1) | <.001 | 23 (6.2) | 55 (43.7) | 13 (86.6) | <.001 | 13 (19.1) | 9 (56.3) | 15 (55.6) | 54 (13.4) | <.001 | 58 (56.9) | 4 (1.4) | 15 (88.2) | 10 (37) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0) | <.001 |
| MR | 267 (81.9) | 151 (80.3) | 346 (93) | 71 (56.3) | 1 (6.7) | 55 (80.9) | 7 (43.8) | 12 (44.4) | 344 (85.4) | 43 (42.1) | 287 (98) | 2 (11.8) | 17 (63) | 7 (87.8) | 52 (98.1) | 10 (76.9) | |||||
| Other | 2 (0.6) | 3 (1.6) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (1.2) | 1 (1) | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (23.1) | |||||
AH, anterior horn; APM, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy; COMP., complex; HORIZ., horizontal; LAT., lateral; LONG., longitudinal; MED., medial; MISC., miscellaneous regions affected; MR, meniscal repair; MT, middle third; Other, other conservative treatments different from repair; PH, posterior horn.