Clinical results of arthroscopic all-inside meniscal repair

2016-10-21T00-09-15Z
Source: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Suresh Perumal, Sadem Amer, Prakash Ayyadurai, Sivaraman Arumugam.
Background: The meniscus plays a key role in normal knee function. Recently, meniscal repair has become an important mode treatment for meniscal tears. Compared to open surgery, arthroscopic meniscal repair has become popular because of shorter duration of the surgery, the smaller incision and better accessibility to the torn portion, which is particularly difficult during open Surgery. Inside-out, outside-in, and all-inside arthroscopic techniques are widely used. Arthroscopy by all inside meniscal repair has the lowest neurovascular injury rate. In this study we have evaluated clinical outcomes of arthroscopic all inside menisceal repair technique. Methods: This study prospectively evaluated 24 consecutively treated patients to determine the effectiveness of arthroscopic meniscal repair using the Fast Fix repair system. Average age of patients at the time of surgery was 24.The inclusion criteria for this study were: vertical full thickness tear >10 mm in length; location of the meniscal tear

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