Abstract
The meniscal rupture is the lesion with the most frequent surgical indication of the knee. The meniscus intervenes in joint physiology in different ways: transmitting and distributing loads, joint lubrication, proprioception and, participating in joint stability. Meniscal resection has deleterious effects on the joint, rapidly causing degenerative changes and poor long-term results. You should try to preserve as much of the meniscus as possible, either with partial meniscectomies, or if the injury allows it, repair.
Objectives:
evaluate, in the short and medium term, athletes with meniscal injury, young adults, who underwent meniscal suture. The results were analyzed, trying to identify the linked variables.
Methods:
Retrospective, observational, descriptive study. In this case series, we evaluated 14 meniscal sutures. The Tegner Score and the Lysholm Test, both pre- and postsurgical, were used to assess the evolution of the patient and his return to sports activity at the time of medical discharge.
Results:
Meniscal suture: average number of points that was made in each meniscus was 3.5 stitches. The failure rate of 7%. The rest all returned to their pre-injury physical activity without pain. Improvement of the scores of Tegner and Lysholm.
Conclusion:
We can affirm that the meniscal suture presents a high percentage of healing with a minimum failure rate, and that the good results of the technique allow the patient to resume their competitive and recreational sports activities at the same pre-occupational level, with a high degree of satisfaction.