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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 Sep 26;28(11):3587–3596. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06287-9

Table 2:

Characterization of Meniscus Tears and Repairs

No. of Patients No. of Total Repairs No. of Isolated MMR No. of Isolated LMR No. of M+L MR No. of Simple Tears No. of Bucket Handle Tears No. of Complex Tears No. of Patients w/ ACLR No. of Patients w/ CM
Accadbled et al. (2007 12 12 4 8 0 6 6 NR 3 0
Ahn et al. (2008) 23 28 0 28 0 NR NR NR 0 28
Hagmeijer et al. (2019) 32 33 16 17 0 11 17 5 0 0
Kraus et al. (2012) 25 29 15 6 4 9 19 1 13 0
Krych et al. (2008) 44 45 25 20 0 15 22 8 0 0
Krych et al. (2010) 99 99 48 26 25 61 17 21 99 0
Lucas et al. (2015) 17 19 10 9 0 12 4 3 0 0
Mintzer et al. (1998) 26 29 9 14 3 NR NR NR 15 0
Noyes et al. (2002) 58 71 30 21 10 44 NR 27 43 0
Schmitt et al. (2016) 19 19 5 14 0 10 9 NR 11 0
Tagliero et al. (2018) 47 47 30 14 3 28 9 10 47 0
Vanderhave et al. (2011) 45 53 17 28 4 16 15 18 31 0
Yoo et al. (2015) 19 19 0 19 0 NR NR NR 0 19

M+L MR: Combined Medial and Lateral Meniscus Repairs; ACLR: Concomitant Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction; CM: Concomitant Central Meniscectomy; LMR: Lateral Meniscus Repairs; MMR: Medial Meniscus Repairs; NR: Not Reported