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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Orthop Pract. 2011 Jan 1;22(1):90–103. doi: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3181fa432c

Table 3.

Patients with meniscal pathology at the time of ACL reconstruction.

Author Year Articular cartilage status at reconstruction Meniscal status at reconstruction
Deehan 2000 All normal All normal or with at least 2/3 of meniscus present
Drogset 2002 Normal = 56%
Articular cartilage pathology = 44%
Normal = 31%
Meniscal pathology present = 69%
Hart 2005 All normal Normal = 48%
Partial meniscectomy = 52%
Hanypsiak 2008 Normal = 54%
Articular cartilage pathology = 46%
Normal = 45%
Meniscal pathology present = 55%
Ibrahim 2005 Normal = 84%
Articular cartilage pathology = 16%
Normal = 73%
Meniscal pathology present = 27%
Keays 2007 NR Normal = 40%
Partial meniscectomy = 60%
Lebel 2008 Normal = 76%
Articular cartilage pathology = 24%
Normal = 46%
Meniscal pathology present = 54%
Liden 2007 Normal = 89%
Articular cartilage pathology = 11%
Normal = 27%
Meniscal pathology present = 73%
Matumoto 2006 Normal = 86%
Articular cartilage pathology = 14%
Normal = 25%
Meniscal pathology present = 75%
O’Neill 2001 NR NR
Panni 2001 NR NR
Roe 2005 All normal Normal = 84%
Meniscal pathology present = 16%
Ruiz 2002 NR NR
Sajovic 2006 NR Normal = 55%
Meniscal pathology present = 45%
Shelbourne 2009 Normal = 78%
Articular cartilage pathology = 22%
Normal = 57%
Meniscal pathology present = 43%
Spindler 2005 Normal = 78%
Articular cartilage pathology = 22%
NR
Wu 2002 Normal = 55%
Articular cartilage pathology = 45%
Normal = 39%
Meniscal Pathology Present = 61%
Zaffagnini 2006 All normal All normal

NR, not reported.