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. 2021 Apr 28;142(5):835–844. doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-03906-z

Table 5.

Radiological signs for osteoarthritis in long-term studies after meniscus repair

Nr. Author, year Radiographic results
1. Rockborn and Gillquist, 2000 [30] Ahlbäck grade I: 2 of 31 patients
2. DeHaven et al. 1995 [5]

Overall: Ahlbäck grade I: 8 of 33 patients

Successful repair: Ahlbäck grade I: 4 of 26 patients

Failed repair: Ahlbäck grade I: 4 of 7 patients

3. Muellner et al. 1999 [21] Fairbank score: 17 patients without degenerative changes, 3 grade 1 and 2 grade 2
4. Johnson et al. 1999 [14]

35 knees (92%) had no degenerative changes, 3 knees (8%) had minimal degenerative changes

On the non-operated knee, 33 knees (97%) had no degenerative findings and 1 knee (3%) had minimal degenerative findings

5. Melton et al. 2011[20] Not reported
6. Noyes et al. 2011 [23] Radiological IKDC score: normal in 15, nearly normal in 8 and severely abnormal in 3 knees
7. Brucker et al. 2011 [4] Ahlbäck grade I: 2, grad II: 2 of 18 patients
8. Steadman et al. 2015 [33] Not reported
9. Pujol et al. 2015 [29] Ahlbäck grade I: 6, grade II: 2 of 29 patients
10. Solheim et al. 2016 [31] Not reported
11. Zimmerer et al. 2018 [37] Not reported
12. Hagmeijer et al. 2019 [10] Not reported