Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Isolated Meniscal Repair

Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Isolated Meniscal Repair in adolescent and adult patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12622000212752

Enrollment

Registered

2022-02-07

Start date

2020-10-01

Completion date

2020-12-01

Last updated

2022-02-21

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Given the important role of meniscal repair in the restoration of normal knee mechanics and loading characteristics, the high prevalence of symptomatic meniscal tears, and the relative lack of published research in patients embarking on isolated meniscal repair, this study aims to ascertain the postoperative clinical and radiological outcome of patients undergoing varied surgical meniscal repair techniques (dictated by the nature, type and severity of the meniscal tear) for symptomatic and painful meniscal tears.

Interventions

The condition observed is isolated meniscal tears medical records, study-specific survey on meniscal tear surgical repair outcomes 12 months postop follow up Starting from the first hospital visit until 12 months post- procedure

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

15 Years to 62 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Isolated meniscal repair surgery (irrespective of tear type)

Exclusion criteria

• The meniscal repair is combined with another knee surgery (or surgeries), such as ligament reconstruction. • Degenerative changes of the knee (osteoarthritis) were present at the time of meniscal repair. • Concurrent chondral or osteochondral injury was present at the time of meniscal repair. • The individual is unable or unwilling to sign the Patient Informed Consent, specific to this study, and approved by the Institutional Ethics Review Board.

Outcome results