Narrative review of lateral meniscus repair: techniques and outcomes

Abstract

Meniscal tears are one of the most common injuries of the knee and regularly identified in both youth and adult patient populations (1,2). For many years, these injuries were commonly addressed arthroscopically with partial and subtotal meniscectomy. However, over the past few decades, there has been a paradigm shift in surgical management with a focus on preservation due to increased understanding of its structural role in joint preservation, load distribution, proprioception and knee stabilization (3). As meniscal deficiency has been associated with the development of early osteoarthritis, there has been a substantial increase in meniscal repair procedures being performed by orthopaedic Review Article