Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Sports Medicine - Knee
Abstract number: 23753
MENISCAL REPAIR, IS IT A GOOD OPTION?
Shadi SADIA, Doron NORMAN, Suhil KARKABI, Bezalel PESKIN
RAMBAM Hospital, Haifa (ISRAEL)
Meniscal repair is a procedure that becomes recommended, the development of new
repairs system made the procedure easier. In our prospective study we performed
repair using a new "all-inside" system. Methods: We used the RapidLoc repair
system (J&J, Mitek products) to repair tears in 18 patients. All operations were
performed by one surgeon (B.P.). Evaluation was performed using the International
Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) and the Lysholm functional questionnaires.
Results: The study included 18 patients in which we performed 18 meniscal repairs,
the average age was 22, and the follow up was for one year. 16 males (89%) and 2
females with 16 tears of medial meniscus and 2 of the lateral. All patients had tears
in cooper zones 1 and 2. An average of 2.4 sutures was used. 7 underwent
concurrent ACL reconstruction, in 11 the tear was an isolated injury. The success
rate by objective IKDC score was 94% who had an "A" score after the operation. The
subjective IKDC score was improved from 37 to 74 (p value < 0.001), the Lysholm
score was improved from 57 to 91 (p