title: Arthroscopic all-inside repair techniques of lateral meniscus anterior horn tear: a technical note.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Good Samsun Hospital, 193-5 Churye-Dong, Sasang-Gu, Pusan 617-718, Korea. choonkey@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Choon Key
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeung Tak
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Chong Il
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Hyung Lae
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries