Association between postoperative meniscal extrusion and clinical outcomes of the pullout fixation technique for medial meniscus posterior root tear.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the correlation between meniscal extrusion in the coronal plane with clinical and radiological outcomes at a minimum of 1 year after transtibial pullout fixation for medial meniscus posterior root tear (MMPRT).

Methods

Data from 30 patients (five males, 25 females) with MMPRT who underwent arthroscopic root fixation by the transtibial pullout technique between 2011 and January 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. The mean patient age was 60.7 ± 8.3years. The median time between injury and surgery was 3.8 months (range, 0.5-15 months). Medial meniscus radial displacement was assessed on magnetic resonance imaging performed preoperatively and at 1 year after fixation. The patients were divided into two groups based on the presence on magnetic resonance ima

SUBMITTER: Yanagisawa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298548 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature