Table 3.

Lateral Meniscal Tear Characteristics^a

Characteristic	n
Anatomic location
Anterior horn	10
Body	78
Posterior horn	273
Meniscocapsular	4
Central	90
Peripheral	33
Tear type
Lateral meniscal oblique radial	71
Vertical longitudinal	112
Root avulsion	34
Radial	69
Bucket handle	16
Horizontal cleavage	14
Superficial (partial)	18
Complex (defined as ≥1 tear plane)	34

^aThe number of tears is larger than number of patients with tear because some patients had bilateral tears or multiple tears on 1 meniscus.