Female Sex, Higher Outerbridge Grade, and Preoperative Tibial Edema Are Associated With Failure After Arthroscopic Posterior Medial Meniscus Root Repair
Morgan C Wynveen, Antonella M Henson‐Vendrell, Mark A Glover, Alexis Restrepo, Andrew J Recker, Nicholas A Trasolini, Brian R Waterman, Jelle P van der List · 2026
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Morgan Wynveen and seven co-authors look for what predicts failure after surgical repair of a torn meniscus root in the knee, in this 2026 study. The root anchors the cushion at the back inner side, and its tear destabilizes the joint. Fifty-three patients repaired at a major referral center between 2017 and 2023 were followed for at least a year.
Twelve patients, about twenty-three percent, met the failure bar of a re-tear or conversion to joint replacement. Failure clustered in women, in knees with bone swelling on scans before surgery, and in knees with worse cartilage wear grades. Age, body mass, repair method, and cushion displacement did not predict it. Patients whose repairs held reported much less pain and far better function at two years. The authors suggest closer watching of the high risk groups.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Morgan C Wynveen, Antonella M Henson‐Vendrell, Mark A Glover, Alexis Restrepo, Andrew J Recker, Nicholas A Trasolini, Brian R Waterman, Jelle P van der List |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |