Meniscus Injury

According to published results, a delay of 8 weeks or longer between injury and ACL reconstruction may be acceptable for adults who are less active and less injury-prone than pediatric patients.

WASHINGTON — According to presented results, meniscal allograft transplantation provided predictable functional improvements for adolescent patients with functional outcomes and graft survivorship comparable to those in adults.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented here showed patient-reported outcomes may not be affected by coronal plane malalignment in patients undergoing meniscus repair for meniscal root tears.

NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed use of the percutaneous pie-crusting technique may be safe for patients undergoing isolated medial meniscal root repair and have similar outcomes to patients who did not undergo pie-crusting.

NEW ORLEANS — Pediatric patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscus repair had a complication rate around 11% at 8-month follow-up, with the highest complication rate found among those with isolated meniscus repairs.

LAS VEGAS — According to presented results, patients with isolated bucket-handle meniscal tears are more likely to require future ipsilateral ACL reconstruction compared with other meniscal injuries.

This blog reviews the function and importance of menisci in protecting articular cartilage.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, William R. Beach, MD, spoke about importance of medial, lateral and patellofemoral alignment for the healing of ligamentous knee, articular cartilage and meniscal injuries.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Aaron J. Krych, MD, spoke about the classification of meniscal tears and the ability of native cartilage to repair.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Pamela J. Lund, MD, discussed controversies, challenges and new technologies in imaging of patients with meniscal and cartilage defects.