WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AFTER FAILED MENISCUS REPAIR? WILL YOU RECOMMEND ANOTHER REPAIR?
I recently worked with a patient who had four meniscus repairs in the same knee. That made me wonder: what is the current rate of meniscus repairs? My own belief is that it’s too high.
As part of my master’s degree at SDU, I created a Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) in which I identified one article examining outcomes after secondary meniscus repair. You can find the CAT on the Danish Physiotherapy Association’s website, Fysio.dk. Although it is written in Danish, the page should be easy to translate.
Let me know if you have any questions.CAT is based on the article “Jackson GR, Meade J, Yu Z, Young B, Piasecki DP, Fleischli JE, Parisien RL, Trofa DP, Saltzman BM. Outcomes and failure rates after revision meniscal repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int Orthop. 2022 https://www.fysio.dk/fafo/faglige-anbefalinger/critically-appraised-topics/funktionelle-resultater-og-fejlrate-forekomst-efter-revideret-menisk-suturering
