Meniscal repair outcomes at greater than five years: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Meniscal repair offers the potential to avoid the long-term articular cartilage deterioration that has been shown to result after meniscectomy. Failure of the meniscal repair can occur several years postoperatively. Limited evidence on the long-term outcomes of meniscal repair exists.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of studies reporting the outcomes of meniscal repair at a minimum of five years postoperatively. Pooling of data and meta-analysis with a random-effects model were performed to evaluate the results.

Results

Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria. The pooled rate of meniscal repair failure (reoperation or clinical failure) was 23.1% (131 of 566). The pooled rate of failure varied from 20.2% to 24.3% depending on the status of the an

SUBMITTER: Nepple JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3528023 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature