Table 2.

Success rates of meniscus repairs depending on time of repair after tear

Study	Type of study	Level of evidence	Number of patients	Treatment	Time cutoff	Acute/chronic	Success rate [%]
Steenbrugge et al. (2002)	Prospective study	IV	13(7 M/6F)	Meniscal repair	2 weeks	Acute	100
						Chronic	80
Stone et al. [100]	Prospective study	IV	31	Meniscal repair	2 weeks	Acute	100
						Chronic	64
Cannon and Vittori [111]	Prospective study	IV	90	Meniscal repair	8 weeks	Acute	88
						Chronic	79
Buseck and Noyes	Prospective study	IV	66(21 M/45F)	Meniscal repair	8 weeks	Acute	97
						Chronic	90
Barrett et al. [121]	Prospective study	IV	37(26 M/11F)	Meniscal repair	8 weeks	Acute	89
						Chronic	78
Eggli et al. (1995)	Prospective study	IV	54	Meniscal repair	8 weeks	Acute	90
						Chronic	71
Noyes et al. (2000)	Prospective study	IV	27	Meniscal repair	10 weeks	Acute	90
						Chronic	85
Venkatachalam et al. (2001)	Prospective study	IV	59(38 M/21F)	Meniscal repair	3 months	Acute	92
						Chronic	58