Arthroscopic suture techniques in anterior horn of the lateral meniscus injury:a fol-lowed-up report of 34 cases
WANG Yu
LIU Song-bo
LIU Xian-min
LIU Ming
LIU Xin-wei
Abstract：Objective To explore the application and clinical effect of meniscal suture system in anterior horn of lateral me-niscus injury under arthroscopy. Methods A retrospective study was performed on 34 patients with anterior horn of lateral meniscus injury who were admitted from March 2015 to December 2015. Patients underwent suture of anterior horn under ar-throscopy using meniscal suture system. There were 16 cases using meniscus suture hook,and 18 cases using MM-Ⅱmenis-cal stitching instrument. Postoperative Lysholm scoring system was adopted for curative effect evaluation. Results All 34 cases had been followed up for 3 to 8 months,mean (6. 1 ± 1. 3) months,pain and mobility of all patients were obviously improved compared with preoperation; there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion Thetwo meniscus suture treatments of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus injury has curative effect,which can repair the anterior horn of lateral meniscus injury in early stage.
Keywords：Anterior horn of the lateral meniscus injuryArthroscopyMeniscus suture
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 41-44 )