PURPOSE Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease in the elderly population. Most of the previous OA-related researches focused on articular cartilage degeneration, osteophyte formation and synovitis etc. However, the role of the meniscus in these pathological changes has not been given enough attention. The goal of our study was to find the pathological changes of the meniscus in OA knee and det...

BACKGROUND Meniscal repair offers the potential to avoid the long-term articular cartilage deterioration that has been shown to result after meniscectomy. Failure of the meniscal repair can occur several years postoperatively. Limited evidence on the long-term outcomes of meniscal repair exists. METHODS We performed a systematic review of studies reporting the outcomes of meniscal repair at a...

Meniscal ramp lesions are more frequently associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than previously recognized. Some authors suggest that this entity results from disruption of the meniscotibial ligaments of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus, whereas others support the idea that it is created by a tear of the peripheral attachment of the posterior horn of the medial meni...

BACKGROUND Injuries to the popliteomeniscal fascicles of the lateral meniscus are difficult to identify from physical examination and magnetic resonance imaging scans. To our knowledge, there have been no described physical examination techniques to identify symptomatic isolated popliteomeniscal fascicle tears. The popliteomeniscal fascicles have been demonstrated to be important for lateral me...

PURPOSE To identify the structural integrity of the healing site after arthroscopic repair of a posterior root tear of the medial meniscus by second-look arthroscopy and to determine the clinical relevance of the findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2005 to December 2010, 20 consecutive patients underwent arthroscopic modified pull-out suture repair for a posterior root tear of the me...

IntroductionRadial meniscus tears significantly compromise knee biomechanics due to loss of the circumferential fiber connections and have been shown be biomechanically equivalent a total meniscectomy. There is paucity data regarding biomechanical performance radial meniscal repairs numerous technical challenges associated with surgical repair. Further, current repair methods lead high rates in...