Arthroscopic all-inside repair techniques of lateral meniscus anterior horn tear: a technical note.
Although the conventional outside-in technique is especially useful for repairing tears in the anterior portion of the meniscus, it has a disadvantage of making an additional 1-2 cm sized skin incision and tying knots subcutaneously over the capsule. Therefore we devised two all-inside repair techniques of lateral meniscus anterior horn tear according to the site of meniscal tear, meniscosynovial junction or red-red zone. Because these techniques are modified methods of the outside-in meniscal repair using a spinal needle, they are as simple as conventional outside-in technique. In addition they have advantages of vertical mattress suture, which is an important characteristic of the all-inside repair, and no additional incision. We recommend these techniques as an alternative method for repairing an anterior horn tear of the lateral meniscus.
Lee
Choon Key
CK
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Good Samsun Hospital, 193-5 Churye-Dong, Sasang-Gu, Pusan 617-718, Korea. choonkey@hanmail.net
Suh
Jeung Tak
JT
Yoo
Chong Il
CI
Cho
Hyung Lae
HL
D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries