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Clinical outcome and healing rate after meniscal bucket handle tear repair

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BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
卷 23, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-06037-7

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meniscus repair; Magnetic resonance imaging; meniscus healing; Clinical outcome; Meniscal bucket handle tear

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  1. Alwin Jaeger foundation (Germany)

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The study showed that patients who underwent repair for acute traumatic BHMTs had good clinical outcomes, high meniscal healing rate, and most patients reached or exceeded the patient acceptable symptomatic state criteria for the IKDC score in a minimum follow-up of two years.
BackgroundReports combining patient-reported outcome measures, clinical evaluation, and radiographic assessment of postoperative healing after arthroscopic repair of bucket-handle meniscal tears (BHMT) are scarce. MethodsPatients who underwent arthroscopic repair for acute traumatic BHMTs between October 2011 and March 2016 with a minimum follow-up of two years were included. Postoperative outcome scores comprised the International Knee Documentation Society Score (IKDC), Lysholm score, Tegner activity score (TAS), and visual analog scale (VAS) for pain. Clinical meniscal healing failure was assessed according to Barrett's criteria. Side-to-side difference in knee laxity was measured using KT-2000. Radiographic healing was assessed by 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and classified according to Henning's criteria at final follow-up. ResultsForty patients with a mean age of 32.0 & PLUSMN; 11.5 years were available for follow-up after 51.8 & PLUSMN; 14.3 months. Revision surgery by means of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy was performed in four patients (10%) prior to the follow-up visit. The clinical healing rate was 83.3% at final follow-up. Mean IKDC score was 82.8 & PLUSMN; 13.8 and Lysholm score was 77.4 & PLUSMN; 24.8. Of all patients, 87.5% reached or exceeded the patient-acceptable symptomatic state (PASS) criteria for the IKDC score at final follow-up. The median TAS was 6 and VAS for pain was 0.46 & PLUSMN; 0.9. Side-to-side difference in knee laxity was higher in patients with concomitant ACL reconstruction (2.1 & PLUSMN; 2.7 mm) compared to isolated BHMTs (1.0 & PLUSMN; 2.0 mm). MR examination showed 69.4% healed, 25.0% partially healed, and 5.6% unhealed menisci. ConclusionPatients who underwent repair for acute traumatic BHMTs achieved good to excellent clinical outcome along with a high rate of meniscal healing at a minimum follow-up of two years. Clinical and radiological healing rates were similarly satisfactory and most patients exceeded the PASS criteria for the IKDC score. Patients were able to reach a high postoperative activity level.

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