Repair of horizontal meniscus tears: A systematic review

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1513-1519

  Kurzweil, Peter R ^a   Lynch, Nancy M ^b   Coleman, Sheldon ^c   Kearney, Brian ^d  

^a Southern California Center for Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Advisorthopaedics   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HORIZONTAL CLEAVAGE TEAR; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCECTOMY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; SUTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RUPTURE; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84928773178     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2014.05.038     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. Cullen KA, Hall MJ, Golosinskiy A. Ambulatory surgery in the United States, 2006. Natl Health Stat Report 2009:1-25.
2. Englund M, Guermazi A, Gale D, et al. Incidental meniscal findings on knee MRI in middle-aged and elderly persons. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1108-1115.
3. Maak TG, Fabricant PD, Wickiewicz TL. Indications for meniscus repair. Clin Sports Med 2012;31:1-14.
4. Xu C, Zhao J. A meta-analysis comparing meniscal repair with meniscectomy in the treatment of meniscal tears: The more meniscus, the better outcome? Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc in press, available online 14 May, 2013. doi:10.1007/s00167-013-2528-6.
5. Vidal AF. The save the meniscus society: Commentary on an article by Jeffrey J. Nepple, MD, et al.: "Meniscal repair outcomes at greater than five years. A systematic literature review and meta-analysis." J Bone Joint Surg Am 2012;94:e186.
6. Baratz ME, Fu FH, Mengato R. Meniscal tears: The effect of meniscectomy and of repair on intraarticular contact areas and stress in the human knee. A preliminary report. Am J Sports Med 1986;14:270-275.
7. Fukubayashi T, Kurosawa H. The contact area and pressure distribution pattern of the knee. A study of normal and osteoarthrotic knee joints. Acta Orthop Scand 1980;51: 871-879.
8. Voloshin AS, Wosk J. Shock absorption of meniscectomized and painful knees: A comparative in vivo study. J Biomed Eng 1983;5:157-161.
9. Mow VC, Ratcliffe A, Chern KY, Kelly MA. Structure and function relationships of the menisci of the knee. In: Mow VC, Arnoczky S, Jackson DW, eds. Knee meniscus: Basic and clinical foundations. New York: Raven, 1992;37-57.
10. Walker PS, Erkman MJ. The role of the menisci in force transmission across the knee. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1975;109:184-192.
11. Wilson AS, Legg PG, McNeur JC. Studies on the innervation of the medial meniscus in the human knee joint. Anat Rec 1969;165:485-491.
12. Verdonk P, Vererfve P. Traumatic lesions: Stable knee, ACL knee. In: Beaufils P, Verdonk R, eds. The meniscus. New York: Springer, 2010;45-50.
13. Seil R, Pape D. Meniscal repair: Biomechanics. In: Beaufils P, Verdonk R, eds. The meniscus. New York: Springer, 2010;107-117.
14. Boyd KT, Myers PT. Meniscus preservation; rationale, repair techniques and results. The Knee 2003;10:1-11.
15. Jouve F, Ovadia H, Pujol N, Beaufils P. Meniscal repair: Technique. In: Beaufils P, Verdonk R, eds. The meniscus. New York: Springer, 2010;119-128.
16. Magnussen RA, Mather RC, Taylor DC. Arthroscopyassisted inside-out and outside-in meniscus repair. In: Scott WN, ed. Insall & Scott surgery of the knee. Ed 5. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone, 2012;275-282.
17. Starke C, Kopf S, Petersen W, Becker R. Meniscal repair. Arthroscopy 2009;25:1033-1044.
18. Noyes FR, Barber-Westin SD. Meniscus tears: Diagnosis, repair techniques, and clinical outcomes. In: Noyes FR, ed. Noyes' knee disorders: Surgery, rehabilitation, clinical outcomes. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2010;733-771.
19. Arnoczky SP, Warren RF. Microvasculature of the human meniscus. Am J Sports Med 1982;10:90-95.
20. Accadbled F, Cassard X, Sales de Gauzy J, Cahuzac JP. Meniscal tears in children and adolescents: Results of operative treatment. J Pediatr Orthop B 2007;16:56-60.
21. Kamimura T, Kimura M. Repair of horizontal meniscal cleavage tears with exogenous fibrin clots. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2011;19:1154-1157.
22. Kraus T, Heidari N, Svehlik M, Schneider F, Sperl M, Linhart W. Outcome of repaired unstable meniscal tears in children and adolescents. Acta Orthop 2012;83:261-266.
23. Krych AJ, McIntosh AL, Voll AE, Stuart MJ, Dahm DL. Arthroscopic repair of isolated meniscal tears in patients 18 years and younger. Am J Sports Med 2008;36:1283-1289.
24. Pujol N, Bohu Y, Boisrenoult P, Macdes A, Beaufils P. Clinical outcomes of open meniscal repair of horizontal meniscal tears in young patients. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2013;21:1530-1533.
25. Rubman MH, Noyes FR, Barber-Westin SD. Arthroscopic repair of meniscal tears that extend into the avascular zone. A review of 198 single and complex tears. Am J Sports Med 1998;26:87-95.
26. Scott GA, Jolly BL, Henning CE. Combined posterior incision and arthroscopic intra-articular repair of the meniscus. An examination of factors affecting healing. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1986;68:847-861.
27. Tengrootenhuysen M, Meermans G, Pittoors K, van Riet R, Victor J. Long-term outcome after meniscal repair. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2011;19:236-241.
28. Tenuta JJ, Arciero RA. Arthroscopic evaluation of meniscal repairs. Factors that effect healing. Am J Sports Med 1994;22:797-802.
29. Binfield PM, Maffulli N, King JB. Patterns of meniscal tears associated with anterior cruciate ligament lesions in athletes. Injury 1993;24:557-561.
30. Poehling GG, Ruch DS, Chabon SJ. The landscape of meniscal injuries. Clin Sports Med 1990;9:539-549.
31. Metcalf MH, Barrett GR. Prospective evaluation of 1485 meniscal tear patterns in patients with stable knees. Am J Sports Med 2004;32:675-680.
32. Barber-Westin SD, Noyes FR. Clinical healing rates of meniscus repairs of tears in the central-third (red-white) zone. Arthroscopy 2014;30:134-146.
33. Andersson-Molina H, Karlsson H, Rockborn P. Arthroscopic partial and total meniscectomy. Arthroscopy 2002;18:183-189.
34. Roos EM, Ostenberg A, Roos H, Ekdahl C, Lohmander LS. Long-term outcome of meniscectomy: Symptoms, function, and performance tests in patients with or without radiographic osteoarthritis compared to matched controls. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2001;9:316-324.
35. Scheller G, Sobau C, Bulow JU. Arthroscopic partial lateral meniscectomy in an otherwise normal knee: Clinical, functional, and radiographic results of a longterm follow-up study. Arthroscopy 2001;17:946-952.
36. Mills PM, Wang Y, Cicuttini FM, et al. Tibio-femoral cartilage defects 3-5 years following arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2008;16: 1526-1531.
37. Jorgensen U, Sonne-Holm S, Lauridsen F, Rosenklint A. Long-term follow-up of meniscectomy in athletes. A prospective longitudinal study. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1987;69:80-83.
38. Wroble RR, Henderson RC, Campion ER, el-Khoury GY, Albright JP. Meniscectomy in children and adolescents. A long-term follow-up study. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1992: 180-189.
39. McNicholas MJ, Rowley DI, McGurty D, et al. Total meniscectomy in adolescence. A thirty-year follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2000;82:217-221.
40. Medlar RC, Mandiberg JJ, Lyne ED. Meniscectomies in children. Report of long-term results (mean, 8.3 years) of 26 children. Am J Sports Med 1980;8:87-92.
41. Kurosawa H, Fukubayashi T, Nakajima H. Load-bearing mode of the knee joint: Physical behavior of the knee joint with or without menisci. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1980;149: 283-290.
42. Verma NN, Kolb E, Cole BJ, et al. The effects of medial meniscal transplantation techniques on intra-articular contact pressures. J Knee Surg 2008;21:20-26.
43. McDermott ID, Lie DT, Edwards A, Bull AM, Amis AA. The effects of lateral meniscal allograft transplantation techniques on tibio-femoral contact pressures. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2008;16:553-560.
44. Lee SJ, Aadalen KJ, Malaviya P, et al. Tibiofemoral contact mechanics after serial medial meniscectomies in the human cadaveric knee. Am J Sports Med 2006;34: 1334-1344.
45. Haemer JM, Wang MJ, Carter DR, Giori NJ. Benefit of single-leaf resection for horizontal meniscus tear. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2007;457:194-202.
46. Brophy RH, Gill CS, Lyman S, Barnes RP, Rodeo SA, Warren RF. Effect of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and meniscectomy on length of career in National Football League athletes: A case control study. Am J Sports Med 2009;37:2102-2107.
47. Sihvonen R, Paavola M, Malmivaara A, et al. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus sham surgery for a degenerative meniscal tear. N Engl J Med 2013;369:2515-2524.
48. Katz JN, Losina E. Surgery versus physical therapy for meniscal tear and osteoarthritis. N Engl J Med 2013;369: 677-678.
49. Biedert RM. Treatment of intrasubstance meniscal lesions: A randomized prospective study of four different methods. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2000;8: 104-108.
50. Konan S, Haddad FS. Outcomes of meniscal preservation using all-inside meniscus repair devices. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010;468:1209-1213.
51. Kalliakmanis A, Zourntos S, Bousgas D, Nikolaou P. Comparison of arthroscopic meniscal repair results using 3 different meniscal repair devices in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction patients. Arthroscopy 2008;24: 810-816.