Repair of locked bucket-handle meniscal tears in knees with chronic anterior cruciate ligament deficiency
Repair of locked bucket-handle meniscal tears in knees with chronic anterior cruciate ligament deficiency
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DOI:
10.1177/03635465030310021001
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Shelbourne, KD
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作者:
O'Shea, JJ;Shelbourne, KD
Background: Large bucket-handle meniscal tears in knees with chronic anterior cruciate ligament deficiency have been considered avascular and, thus, irreparable.Hypothesis: The rate of meniscal healing is higher than previously reported.Study Design: Prospective cohort study.Methods: Fifty-nine patients underwent staged surgical procedures of meniscal repair followed at an average of 77 +/- 58 days by ligament reconstruction once full range of motion was obtained.Results: Fifty-two patients with 55 meniscal repairs were available for follow-up. At reconstruction, 30 menisci (55%) appeared healed; 19 (34%), partially healed; and 6 (11%) showed no healing (only 4 were removed). Of 43 tears in the white-on-white zone, 21 appeared healed; 17, partially healed; and 5 showed no healing. Of 11 in the red-on-white zone, 8 appeared healed; 2, partially healed; and 1 showed no healing. One meniscal tear in the red-on-red zone appeared healed. At an average follow-up of 4.3 +/- 3.1 years, 36 of the 43 (83.7%) white-on-white meniscal repairs remained asymptomatic; all repairs in the other zones remained asymptomatic.Conclusion: Locked bucket-handle meniscal tears heal at a high rate when repaired as an isolated procedure, even when full weightbearing and activity before reconstruction is allowed and when the tear is in the white-on-white zone. (C) 2003 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.