Table 5.
Intervention | Authors | Study Type | Level of Evidence | No. of Tears | Mean Age, y | Mean Time to Failure, mo | Conversion to TKA (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Partial meniscectomy | Krych et al., 20177 | Retrospective comparative | III | 26 | 54.7 | 54.3 | 53.85% |
Chung et al., 20156 | Retrospective comparative | III | 20 | 55.0 | NR | 35.00% | |
Kim et al., 20114 | Retrospective comparative | III | 28 | 57.4 | 17.8 | 10.71% | |
Lee et al., 201919 | Retrospective comparative | III | 60 | 60.8 | 84.0 | 20.83% | |
Repair | Chung et al., 20156 | Retrospective comparative | III | 37 | 55.5 | – | 0.00% |
Chung et al., 201717 | Retrospective case series | IV | 91 | 66 | 47 | 1.10% | |
Kim et al., 20114 | Retrospective comparative | III | 30 | 55.2 | – | 0.00% | |
Conservative | Krych et al., 201723 | Retrospective case series | IV | 52 | 58 | 30 | 30.77% |
Krych et al., 20177 | Retrospective comparative | III | 26 | 55.8 | 30.2 | 34.62% |
NR, not reported; TKA, total knee arthroplasty.