Table 1.
Repairs in avascular zones
| Authors | No. of patients | Mean age (years) | Mean FU | ACL | Zone | MM/LM | Time from injury to repair | Technique | Evaluation method | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubman [16] | 177 | 28 | 42 months (18 months arthroscopically) |
128 ACL rupture (126 reconstruction) |
R–W | 106 MM 92 LM |
Inside-out | 161 clinical examination 91 Arthroscopy |
20% required repeat arthroscopy Of 91 arthroscopy 58% further meniscal surgery |
|
| Noyes [18] | 29 | 16.8 (10.1–21.9) | 16.8 year | 24 ACL reconstruction | R–W | 11 MM 18 LM |
31 weeks | Inside-out vertical divergent sutures | 6 meniscectomies 2 early onset OA 3 failed on MRI |
|
| Gallacher [17] | 87 73 M 14 F |
26 (13–54) | 12 months (13–115) | Intact | W–W | 50 MM 37 LM 3 PT 84 FTT 69 BHT 14 PHT |
8 months (1 week–10 years) | All-inside Clear fix (72) FasT-fix sutures (13) Both (2) |
Lysholm 61 → 75 Tegner 6 → 6 8 re-repairs 20 meniscectomies LM = MM outcomes |
|
| Noyes [21] | 29 23 M 6 F |
45 | 33 months | 21 ACL reconstruction | R–W 4 mm RW |
19 MM 11 LM |
10 < 10 weeks from injury 19 > 10 weeks from injury |
Inside-out suture repair | 3 partial meniscectomy |
W–W White white, MM medial meniscus, Lm lateral meniscus, PT partial tear, FTT full-thickness tear, BH bucket-handle tears, PHT posterior horn tears, RW rim width