Association Between Transtibial Meniscus Root Repair and Rate of Meniscal Healing and Extrusion on Postoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Prospective Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prospective studies evaluating second-look imaging of meniscus root repair using a transtibial pull-out technique are limited; therefore, optimal surgical indications and the technique for meniscus root repair remain uncertain.

Hypothesis

It was hypothesized that there would be a high rate of healing, improvement in meniscal extrusion, and prevention of articular cartilage degeneration and subchondral bone abnormalities after meniscus root repair.

Study design

Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods

Consecutive patients undergoing transtibial root repair were prospectively enrolled at 2 orthopaedic centers between March 2017 and January 2019. Pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were reviewed by a musculoskeletal radiologi

SUBMITTER: Krych AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature