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Less Than 10% Failure Rate in Patients with Bucket-Handle Meniscal Tear Repair After 4 Years Follow-Up

Less Than 10% Failure Rate in Patients with Bucket-Handle Meniscal Tear Repair After 4 Years Follow-Up

Tomas Alfredo Esteves, MD, ARGENTINA Ignacio Astore, ARGENTINA Carlos H. Yacuzzi, MD, ARGENTINA Matias Costa-Paz, MD, PhD., ARGENTINA Juan Pablo Zicaro, MD, ARGENTINA

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA


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Summary: The failure rate reported in the literature following bucket-handle meniscal tear repair is approximately 15%. Nowadays, with an increased number of stitches and improved meniscal suturing devices, a decrease in the failure rate has been seen. The objective was to analyze the failure rate of our series of patients who underwent bucket-handle meniscal tear repair.


Background

The failure rate reported in the literature following bucket-handle meniscal tear repair is approximately 15%. Nowadays, with an increased number of stitches and improved meniscal suturing devices, a decrease in the failure rate has been seen. The objective was to analyze the failure rate of our series of patients who underwent bucket-handle meniscal tear repair.

Methods

Retrospective case serie. Patients who underwent bucket-handle meniscal tear repair between January 2016 and December 2022 were included. We analyzed demographic data; surgical data and reoperation (failure) rate in patients with a minimum follow-up of 18 months.

Results

52 patients were evaluated, 46 men (88%), with a mean age of 28 years (SD 9.5), mean BMI of 24 (SD 3.8), and a mean follow-up of 48.9 months (SD 16.5). In 11 patients (17%) were associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (R-LCA), 3 (5%) with a contralateral meniscus injury, and 6 (9%) were associated with a cartilage injury.
The overall mean number of stitches was 7.4 (SD 3.3), 2.2 (SD 2) all-inside, and 5.1 (SD 2.5) inside-out. The overall failure rate was 9.6% (n=5), 7.3% (n=3) in isolated repairs and 18.2% (n=2) in R-LCA associated lesions.

Discussion

The most important result of our series was that the overall failure rate was 9.6% in patients operated on since 2016. The increased number of stitches and the improvement in surgical technique are possibly the major factors for the reduction in the failure rate.


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