| Tudisco et al. (21) |
2000 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 10; Females: 9 |
– |
Horizontal or radial lesion (or both) |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy |
19 |
19 lateral |
Arthroscopic decompression |
| Sarimo et al. (23) |
2002 |
Arthroscopy: 19; Open: 16 |
Males: 23; Females: 12 |
33 |
Radial: 8; Flap: 7; Complex: 11; Bucket handle: 5; Meniscocapsular tears: 2 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy |
35 |
17 lateral; 18 medial |
Arthroscopic decompression: 19; Open cystectomy: 16 |
| El-Assal et al. (24) |
2003 |
Arthroscopy: 22; Open: 5 |
Males: 21; Females: 5 |
27 |
Horizontal: 12; Complex with peripheral horizontal component: 8; Transverse: 7 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: 24; Open repair: 3 |
27 |
27 lateral |
Arthroscopic decompression: 22; Open cystectomy: 5 |
| Hulet et al. (25) |
2004 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 80; Females: 23 |
105 |
Horizontal: 30; Horizontal with radial split: 30; Radial: 31; Complex: 10; Vertical: 4 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: 104; Repair: 1 |
105 |
105 lateral |
Arthroscopic decompression: 91; Additional percutaneous drainage: 14 |
| Howe and Koh (6) |
2007 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 4; Females: 4 |
6 |
– |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: 4; Left alone: 2 |
8 |
6 lateral; 2 medial |
Arthroscopic decompression |
| Pujol et al. (26) |
2013 |
Open |
Males: 13; Females: 6 |
21 |
Horizontal: 21 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: 5; Open repair with vertical sutures: 16 |
15 |
6 lateral; 9 medial |
Open cystectomy |
| Kumar et al. (27) |
2013 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 7; Females: 7 |
14 |
Horizontal: 8; Complex with horizontal component: 6 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy |
14 |
8 lateral; 6 medial |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy without cyst decompression |
| Haklar et al. (22) |
2014 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 13; Female: 7 |
– |
– |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy |
20 |
20 lateral |
Arthroscopic decompression |
| Chang et al. (28) |
2015 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 135; Females: 106 |
241 |
Horizontal: 167; Complex: 51; Vertical: 13; Bucket handle: 7; Radial: 3 |
Arthroscopic repair (inside out): 14; Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: 227 |
241 |
136 lateral; 105 medial |
Arthroscopic treatment of meniscal lesion with open cystectomy: 112 (6 repair); Arthroscopic decompression: 129 (8 repair) |
| Bombaci et al. (29) |
2016 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 6; Females: 2 |
7 |
Horizontal: 7 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: 7 |
8 |
7 lateral; 1 medial |
Mini-open decompression: 1; Arthroscopic decompression: 7 (3 with extra-articular portal) |
| Iorio et al. (30) |
2020 |
Arthroscopy |
Males: 13; Females: 5 |
21 |
Horizontal: 13; Radial: 2; Complex: 4; Discoid associated: 2 |
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy |
18 |
18 lateral |
Percutaneous decompression with needle: 18 |
| Orsini et al. (31) |
2020 |
Open |
Males: 9; Females: 4 |
13 |
Horizontal: 13 |
Open repair: 13 |
13 |
9 lateral; 4 medial |
Open cystectomy |
