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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 7 Associations of lateral meniscal root avulsion with concomitant meniscal lesions detected at the time of ACL reconstruction

From: Arthroscopic incidence of lateral meniscal root avulsion in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury

Meniscus involved

Type of lesion

No. of acute or subacute injuries

No. of LMRAs associated with acute or subacute injuries

No. of chronic injuries

No. of LMRAs associated with chronic injuries

Total no. of LMRAs

\({\chi ^2}\)

P

Medial meniscus

Longitudinal

75

9

42

6

15

2.36

n.s.

Flap

19

4

18

1

5

0.55

n.s.

Radial

7

1

6

2

3

0.19

n.s.

Ramp

28

5

13

4

9

7.81

0.006

Lateral meniscus

Longitudinal

24

2

0

2

4

0.10

n.s.

Flap

17

4

8

0

4

0.87

n.s.

Radial

37

6

8

1

7

1.92

n.s.