Arthroscopic Diagnosis of Occult Posterolateral Meniscocapsular Separations: Another Hidden Lesion.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to describe the surgical findings and clinical outcomes in a series of patients with occult posterolateral meniscocapsular separations diagnosed arthroscopically after a negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of consecutive patients who underwent surgical arthroscopy with repair of an occult posterolateral meniscocapsular separation by 2 fellowship-trained orthopaedic sports medicine surgeons at a single institution was performed. All lesions were identified arthroscopically in the posterolateral aspect of the lateral compartment as a distinct pathologic separation between the posterolateral capsule and adjacent meniscal tissue with increased excursion on probing.

SUBMITTER: Parisien RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220620 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature