Prospective Consecutive Clinical Outcomes After Transtibial Root Repair for Posterior Meniscal Root Tears: A Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prospective evaluation of clinical outcomes after posterior meniscal root repair utilizing a transtibial pullout technique is limited, and factors that may contribute to outcomes are unclear.

Hypothesis

It was hypothesized that there would be an overall significant improvement in outcomes after root repair and that differences in clinical outcomes would correlate with age, body mass index (BMI), sex, and meniscal extrusion.

Study design

Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

Consecutive patients undergoing transtibial medial or lateral meniscal root repair were enrolled prospectively at 2 orthopaedic centers between March 2017 and January 2019. Pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were obtained to assess for meniscal hea

SUBMITTER: Krych AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8882951 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature