Table 1.
Patient data
| Type | Children | Adolescents | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | 119 (41%) | 174 (59%) | 293 (100%) | ||
| Meniscus tears | 126 (39%) | 198 (61%) | 324 (100%) | ||
| Patients with associated ligament injury | 33 (28%) | 89 (51%) | 122 (42%) | ||
| Discoid | 32 (25%) | 14 (7%) | 46 (14%) | ||
| # of Complex meniscus tears | 31 (25%) | 60 (30%) | 91 (28%) | ||
| Meniscus repair rates | 59 (49%) | 89 (46%) | 148 (47%) | ||
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||
| Complex tears | 27 (32%) | 4 (10%) | 40 (33%) | 20 (27%) | 91 (28%) |
| Repair rates | 41 (51%) | 18 (45%) | 49 (41%) | 40 (56%) | 148 (47%) |
| Acute | Chronic | Acute | Chronic | ||
| Complex tears | 14 (29%) | 10 (21%) | 22 (29%) | 21 (36%) | 67 (29%) |
| Repair rates | 25 (53%) | 21 (46%) | 43 (58%) | 21 (37%) | 110 (49%) |