Case Study
Transtibial Meniscal Root Repair: A Consecutive Case Series
Repair technique, healing assessment and early functional outcomes in posterior medial meniscal root tears in middle-aged patients.
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Specialty
Knee
Location
Chandigarh
Published
19 Feb 2023
Research type
Case Series
Abstract
Demo abstract. Consecutive root repairs were assessed with MRI at one year for extrusion and healing alongside clinical scores.
Description
Patient selection excluded advanced compartmental arthritis, which is the principal determinant of failure.
Alignment was assessed pre-operatively and osteotomy considered where varus exceeded a threshold.
Innovation / discovery
Combining repair with a low-threshold approach to correcting varus alignment shaped case selection.
Surgical / procedural method
Transtibial pull-out repair with two sutures, tibial tunnel fixation, protected weight-bearing for six weeks.
Research findings
- Extrusion was reduced but not eliminated at one year in the demo series.
- Clinical scores improved consistently.
- Failures clustered in knees with uncorrected varus.
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