Table 2.
Meniscal Preoperative Data and Therapeutic Managementa
| Overall (N = 266) |
ST4 (n = 55) |
ST4+LET (n = 77) |
BTB+LET (n = 43) |
QT+LET (n = 91) |
Pb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meniscal tear | 185 | 33 | 58 | 26 | 68 | .09 |
| Bimeniscal tear | 49 (26.5) | 10 (30.3) | 14 (24.1) | 4 | 21 (30.8) | .29 |
| Medial meniscal tear | 121 (65.4) | 23 (69.7) | 34 (58.6) | 16 (61.5) | 48 (70.5) | .053 |
| Bucket-handle | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Posterior root | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ramp lesion | 57 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 22 | |
| Midsegment | 50 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 21 | |
| Lateral meniscal tear | 64 (34.6) | 10 (30.3) | 24 (41.4) | 10 (38.5) | 20 (29.5) | |
| Bucket-handle | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Posterior root | 36 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 13 | |
| Midsegment | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | |
| Therapeutic management | .01 | |||||
| Repair* | 127 (68.6) | 21 (63.6) | 37 (63.8) | 18 (69.2) | 51 (75) | |
| Meniscectomy** | 32 (17.3) | 6 (18.2) | 12 (20.7) | 4 (15.4) | 10 (14.7) | |
| Nonrepair*** | 26 (14.1) | 6 (18.2) | 9 (17.2) | 4 (15.4) | 7 (10.3) |
aData are reported as n or as n (%). BTB+LET, bone–patellar tendon and modified Lemaire LET; LET, lateral extra-articular tenodesis; QT+LET, quadriceps tendon and modified Lemaire LET; ST4, single-strand quadrupled semitendinosus; ST4+LET, ST4 with LET using the same hamstring graft.
bGlobal analysis of variance between the 4 groups.
* Pairwise comparison exhibited significant differences between QT+LET vs ST4 (P = .006) and QT+LET vs ST4+LET (P = .002).
** Pairwise comparison exhibited significant differences between QT+LET vs ST4+LET (P = .006) and BTB+LET vs ST4+LET(P = .008).
*** Pairwise comparison exhibited significant differences between QT+LET vs ST4 (P = .004) and QT+LET vs ST4+LET (P = .006).