Table 2.
Most common primary diagnosis for patients undergoing meniscus procedures over 2005–2014 in The Netherlands
| Registration year | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||
| Number of meniscal procedures | |||||||||||
| Total, n | 35,823 | 32,797 | 31,769 | 34,034 | 34,583 | 34,312 | 28,654 | 26,843 | 17,972 | 27,520 | 304,307 |
| According to primary diagnosisa, n (% of total procedures in registration year) | |||||||||||
| Old meniscus tearb | 33,811 (0.94) | 30,777 (0.94) | 29,940 (0.94) | 32,265 (0.95) | 32,694 (0.95) | 32,246 (0.94) | 26,503 (0.92) | 24,622 (0.92) | 16,749 (0.93) | 24,176 (0.88) | 283,783 (0.93) |
| Osteoarthritisc | 475 (0.01) | 426 (0.01) | 431 (0.01) | 436 (0.01) | 453 (0.01) | 394 (0.01) | 536 (0.02) | 272 (0.01) | 169 (0.01) | 368 (0.01) | 3960 (0.01) |
| Acute meniscus teard | 125 (0.00) | 90 (0.00) | 58 (0.00) | 147 (0.00) | 77 (0.00) | 116 (0.00) | 153 (0.01) | 130 (0.00) | 114 (0.01) | 508 (0.02) | 1518 (0.00) |
| Othere | 1136 (0.03) | 1102 (0.03) | 994 (0.03) | 812 (0.02) | 1098 (0.03) | 1278 (0.04) | 1102 (0.04) | 1387 (0.05) | 713 (0.04) | 1191 (0.04) | 10,813 (0.04) |
| Total | 35,547 (0.99) | 32,395 (0.99) | 31,423 (0.99) | 33,660 (0.99) | 34,322 (0.99) | 34,034 (0.99) | 28,294 (0.99) | 26,411 (0.98) | 17,745 (0.99) | 26,243 (0.95) | 300,074 (0.99) |
aMost common primary diagnose for patients undergoing meniscus surgery according to ICD-9
bOld meniscus tear (ICD-9 code 717 Internal derangement of knee, i.e., derangement of the meniscus due to old tear or injury),
cOsteoarthritis (ICD-9 code 715 Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders)
dAcute/current meniscus tear (ICD-9 code 836 dislocation of knee)
eOther unspecified disorders/derangement *ICD codes 719 Other and unspecified disorders of joint, 733 Other disorders of bone and cartilage, and 718 Other derangement of joint