Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Orthop. Aug 18, 2023; 14(8): 612-620
Published online Aug 18, 2023. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v14.i8.612
Failure rate, return-to-sports and magnetic resonance imaging after meniscal repair: 119 patients with 7 years mean follow up
Juan Pablo Zicaro, Nicolas Garrido, Ignacio Garcia-Mansilla, Carlos Yacuzzi, Matias Costa-Paz
Juan Pablo Zicaro, Nicolas Garrido, Ignacio Garcia-Mansilla, Carlos Yacuzzi, Matias Costa-Paz, Department of Knee, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1109, Argentina
Author contributions: Zicaro JP and Garrido N analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Garcia-Mansilla I contributed with research and data analysis; Yacuzzi C and Costa-Paz M contributed to the number of patients operated on; Costa-Paz M is the head of the sector; All authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the "Ethics Committee of the Hospital Italiano" (CEPI) Institutional Review Board, No. 5458.
Informed consent statement: Due to the retrospective nature of our study no informed consent was required.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data were required (retrospective study).
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Corresponding author: Ignacio Garcia-Mansilla, MD, Surgeon, Department of Knee, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Buenos Aires 1109, Argentina. ignaciogarciamansilla@gmail.com
Received: January 14, 2023
Peer-review started: January 14, 2023
First decision: March 14, 2023
Revised: April 18, 2023
Accepted: June 14, 2023
Article in press: June 14, 2023
Published online: August 18, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: One of the most important factors to consider in relation to meniscal repair is the high failure rate reported in the literature. In this retrospective cohort we observed that new and improved suturing techniques have shown significantly lower failure rates, encouraging the need for meniscal repair whenever possible.