Table 7.
Meniscal Healing on Second-Look Arthroscopy a
| Study | Surgical Technique (n) b | Arthroscopic Follow-up (mo) | Healing Status on Second-Look Arthroscopy, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Healing c | Partial Healing d | Failure to Heal e | |||
| Ahn 2 | SSS (9) | 21.3 | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Anderson 3 | SSS (2) | 49.5 | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| POS (3) | 7.3 | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Song 27 | SSS (15) | 24.0 | 9 (60.0) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (13.3) |
| Zhuo 32 | SSS (22) | 13.0 | 19 (86.4) | 3 (13.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Tsujii 30 | SSS (30) | 27.6 | 18 (60.0) | 9 (30.0) | 3 (10.0) |
| Overall | 81 SSS/POS | 22.1 | 59 (72.8) | 17 (21.0) | 5 (6.2) |
| 78 SSS | 22.6 | 56 (71.8) | 17 (21.8) | 5 (6.4) | |
| 3 POS | 7.3 | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
a POS, pullout suture; SSS, side-to-side suture.
b Number of patients who underwent second-look arthroscopy for meniscal healing evaluations.
c Number of patients with complete healing, no visible surface defect with complete synovial coverage.
d Number of patients with partial healing, a small defect with synovial coverage over more than half of the torn area.
e Number of patients with failure to heal, a large defect with synovial coverage over less than half of the torn area.