A known technique for meniscal repair in common practice
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- Frank Plasschaert (UGent) , Bruno Vandekerckhove and René Verdonk (UGent)
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- In this retrospective study, we calculated the healing rate of meniscal repairs performed with an outside-in technique. We describe complications encountered and evaluate some known criteria used in the decision to perform a meniscal repair instead of partial meniscectomy. Included is a brief description of the surgical technique and of the trauma type and the meniscal lesions that were repaired. The technique has a high degree of success (74% of the meniscal repairs survived during a mean follow-up of 3.5 years). Although there is a 25% complication rate, no serious or permanent complications were added by repairing menisci instead of performing a partial meniscectomy. For this reason we think saving even a relatively low percentage of menisci may be worthwhile. We can also conclude that an anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee that is stable can still have a good result in meniscal repair, without performing cruciate reconstruction. In each case, however, individual patient issues such as age, activity level, and associated lesions have to be considered.
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- outside-in, meniscal repair, survival, criteria, TEARS, KNEE, MICROVASCULATURE, MENISCECTOMY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-180780
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- Plasschaert, Frank, et al. “A Known Technique for Meniscal Repair in Common Practice.” ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY, vol. 14, no. 8, 1998, pp. 863–68, doi:10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70024-6.
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- Plasschaert, F., Vandekerckhove, B., & Verdonk, R. (1998). A known technique for meniscal repair in common practice. ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY, 14(8), 863–868. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70024-6
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- Plasschaert, Frank, Bruno Vandekerckhove, and René Verdonk. 1998. “A Known Technique for Meniscal Repair in Common Practice.” ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY 14 (8): 863–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70024-6.
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- Plasschaert, Frank, Bruno Vandekerckhove, and René Verdonk. 1998. “A Known Technique for Meniscal Repair in Common Practice.” ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY 14 (8): 863–868. doi:10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70024-6.
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- 1.Plasschaert F, Vandekerckhove B, Verdonk R. A known technique for meniscal repair in common practice. ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY. 1998;14(8):863–8.
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- [1]F. Plasschaert, B. Vandekerckhove, and R. Verdonk, “A known technique for meniscal repair in common practice,” ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 863–868, 1998.
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author = {{Plasschaert, Frank and Vandekerckhove, Bruno and Verdonk, René}},
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number = {{8}},
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title = {{A known technique for meniscal repair in common practice}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70024-6}},
volume = {{14}},
year = {{1998}},
}
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