Table 3.
Patient Characteristics a
| Lead Author | Surgical Technique | No. of Patients | Sex (F/M) | Age (y) | Time From Injury to Surgery (mo) | Clinical Follow-up (mo) | Tear Pattern of the LMPR (unknown/P1/P2/P3) b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahn 2 | SSS | 25 | 3/22 | 28.8 (15-58) | 40.8 (0.2-216) | 18.0 (12-48) | 0/7/8/10 |
| Anderson 3 | SSS | 8 | 3/5 | 29.0 (16-58) | 22.4 (0.1-216) | 70.5 (29-168) | 0/8/0/0 |
| POS | 16 | 4/12 | 32.8 (17-59) | 22.4 (0.1-216) | 53.6 (26-116) | 0/0/0/16 | |
| Song 27 | SSS | 15 | 3/12 | 34.5 (18-56) | 3.3 (1.5-12) | 24.0 (12-46) | 0/5/10/0 |
| Zhuo 32 | SSS | 26 | 7/19 | 25.4 (17-39) | 3.4 ± 4.2 | 26.7 (24-36) | 0/26/0/0 |
| Tsujii 30 | SSS | 41 | 23/18 | 29.5 (14-57) | 4.2 (0.9-37.5) | 40.8 (24-75.6) | 0/41/0/0 |
| LaPrade 13 | POS | 10 | 4/6 | 32.2 (19.7-52.7) | NA | 30.0 (24-51.6) | 0/8/1/0 |
| Krych 10 | POS | 26 | 9/17 | 24.6 | NA | 41.0 (24-NA) | 26/0/0/0 |
| Okazaki 18 | SSS | 8 | 4/4 | 27.0 ± 5.8 | 3.3 ± 3.8 | 10.0 ± 3.7 | 0/2/1/5 |
| POS | 9 | 6/3 | 30.1 ± 11.8 | 3.9 ± 6.0 | 9.9 ± 3.2 | 0/3/1/5 | |
| Pan 20 | POS | 31 | 10/21 | 28.0 ± 10.0 | NA | 37.2 (24-NA) | 0/31/0/0 |
| Overall | SSS/POS | 215 | 76/139 | 28.7 | 13.0 | 33.9 | 26/131/21/37 |
| SSS | 123 | 43/80 | 28.9 | 12.5 | 31.1 | 0/89/19/15 | |
| POS | 92 | 33/59 | 28.5 | 15.7 | 37.7 | 26/42/2/22 |
a F, female; LMPR, lateral meniscus posterior root; M, male; NA, not available; POS, pullout suture; SSS, side-to-side suture.
b P1 (pattern 1), radial tears; P2 (pattern 2), longitudinal or T-shaped tears; P3 (pattern 3), avulsed tears (aka root avulsion).