Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Summary of outcomes for patients who underwent meniscal repair
From: All-inside meniscal repair surgery: factors affecting the outcome
Number of meniscal repairs | Percentage success (%) | Failed repairs (%) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
<25 years | 83 | 87 | 13 | 0.80 |
>25 years | 53 | 85 | 15 | |
Time of repair | ||||
Early (<6 weeks) | 82 | 91 | 9 | 0.49 |
Late (>6 weeks) | 50 | 87 | 13 | |
ACL reconstruction | ||||
With | 81 | 86 | 14 | 0.20 |
Without (intact ACL) | 53 | 84 | 16 | |
ACL reconstruction | ||||
Simultaneous ACL | 55 | 86 | 14 | 0.0006 |
Delayed ACL | 26 | 77 | 27 | |
Zone of repair | ||||
W/W | 45 | 80 | 20 | 0.75 |
R/W | 66 | 86 | 14 | |
R/R | 12 | 84 | 16 | |
Side | ||||
Medial | 50 | 81 | 19 | 1.00 |
Lateral | 86 | 88 | 12 | |