Failure rate, return-to-sports and magnetic resonance imaging after meniscal repair: 119 patients with 7 years mean follow up

Table 1 Demographic data and overall failure rate, n (%)

Overall meniscal sutures
	Total	Failure	Time to failure, months
Total sutures	119 (100)	24 (20.3)	20.1
BHT	34 (28)	9 (26.4)	20.8
Not BHT	85 (72)	15 (17.6)	19.7
Posterior horn	37 (43)	7 (18.9)	19.1
Body	43 (50)	8 (18.6)	20.2
Anterior horn	5 (7)	0 (0)	0
Associated w/ACL-R	71 (60)	13 (18.5)	17
ACL-R + BHT	17 (23)	4 (23)	12.5
ACL-R + Not BHT	54 (77)	9 (16.6)	19.1
Isolated	48 (40)	11 (22.9)	23.8
BHT	18 (37)	5 (27.7)	27.6
Other	30 (63)	6 (20)	20.6

BHT: Bucket handle tear; ACL-R: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Table 2 Descriptive data for medial and lateral meniscus, n (%)

Location	Total	Failure	Time (months)
Medial meniscus	80	18 (22.7)	18
ACL-R1	56 (70)	11 (19.6)	16.6
Isolated	24 (30)	7 (29)	18.5
Lateral meniscus	39	6 (15.3)	28.5
ACL-R1	16 (41)	2 (12.5)	19.5
Isolated	24 (59)	4 (16)	33

¹Results represent patients treated with sutures associated with ACL-R.

ACL-R: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Table 3 Demographic data and failure rates for patients operated before and after 2014, n (%)

Period	2004-2013		2014-2018		P value
Age yr (range)	25.94 (16-48)		28.21 (18-59)		0.72
Gender, female	13 (19)		7 (13)		0.12
Total	n	Failure	n	Failure	0.03
	67	18 (26)	52	6 (11)
Associated w/ACL-R	35 (52)	9 (25)	37 (71)	4 (10)	0.09
BHT	11 (31)	3 (27)	5 (14)	1 (20)	0.63
Not BHT	24 (69)	6 (25)	32 (86)	3 (9)	0.11
Isolated	32 (48)	9 (28)	15(29)	1 (6.6)	0.02
BHT	11 (34)	5 (45)	7 (47)	0 (0)	0.05
Not BHT	21 (66)	4 (19)	8 (53)	1 (12)	0.57
BHT1	23 (34)	8 (34)	12 (23)	1 (8)	0.09

¹The results represent the overall bucket handle tear before and after 2014.

BHT: Bucket handle tear; ACL-R: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.