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All-inside Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair Technique Using a Midbody Accessory Portal.

ABSTRACT: Treatment of symptomatic meniscal tears continues to evolve as we improve our understanding of the biomechanical role of the meniscus and its long-term importance to the health of the knee joint. Suture repair of meniscal tears is challenging, yet the incidence of repairs among our colleagues continues to rise as we aim to preserve meniscal tissue. Many elements of performing a repair are tedious and difficult, including proper meniscal preparation, reduction, mattress suture placement, and fixation. The tear pattern and location present another layer of difficulty. The most widely used all-inside repair devices are harpoon-style devices and present their own challenges in using them without causing harm to the meniscus and surrounding cartilage. In this article, we describe a simple all-inside meniscal repair technique to improve the reproducibility and reliability of meniscal repairs using an accessory midbody meniscal portal and a surgical probe. This ensures proper placement of mattress sutures in a reduced meniscus, with a reduced risk of collateral injury to the meniscus and articular cartilage. Furthermore, this surgical technique is adaptable to any meniscal fixation method to the medial or lateral meniscus.

SUBMITTER: Hendrix ST

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797283 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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All-inside Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair Technique Using a Midbody Accessory Portal.

Hendrix S Tal ST Kwapisz Adam A Wyland Douglas J DJ

Arthroscopy techniques 20171016 5

Treatment of symptomatic meniscal tears continues to evolve as we improve our understanding of the biomechanical role of the meniscus and its long-term importance to the health of the knee joint. Suture repair of meniscal tears is challenging, yet the incidence of repairs among our colleagues continues to rise as we aim to preserve meniscal tissue. Many elements of performing a repair are tedious and difficult, including proper meniscal preparation, reduction, mattress suture placement, and fixa ...[more]

PMID: 29416975

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Project description:PurposeTo assess the results of a technique for pie crusting of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and inside-out medial meniscal repair and perform a comparison with the literature.MethodsThis retrospective study consisted of electronic data collection between 2012 and 2017 with a minimum of 2 years' follow-up. The inclusion criteria were the presence of difficult medial meniscal tears with joint tightness requiring pie crusting and the presence of acute or chronic tears of zone I or II with or without anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) using hamstring autograft during the same session. The primary outcome of the study was the achievement of good results with the aforementioned technique. There was no control group. All patients underwent assessments at 1, 2, and 6 months in outpatient clinics. At 6 months, the Lysholm knee score was calculated. For statistical analysis, the Social Science Statistics online program was used to perform descriptive analysis and assess any associations between the variables.ResultsThis study included 53 patients from a single surgeon's practice; of these patients, 31 underwent additional ACLR using hamstring autograft during the same session. The mean age was 29.43 years (range, 14-49 years), and the mean increase in the medial joint space width was 3.21 mm (range, 2-5 mm) with pie crusting. At 6 months, the average Lysholm score was 93 (range, 67-100) and the average visual analog scale score was 0.8 (range, 0-4). There was no meaningful association between age, tear pattern, chronicity of tear, joint space width obtained after pie crusting, and associated anterior cruciate ligament tear. Patients returned to their daily activity level at 4.5 months on average and returned to sporting activities at 7.4 months on average. Saphenous nerve symptoms were observed in 5 patients, but no infection or instability was documented in the follow-up period.ConclusionsIn this study, we obtained good outcomes using arthroscopic inside-out medial meniscal repair combined with pie crusting for the release of the MCL, with or without ACLR.Level of evidenceLevel IV, therapeutic case series.

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