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All-inside sutures have lower failure rate than meniscal arrows in meniscal repair
April 2015
All-inside sutures have lower failure rate than meniscal arrows in meniscal repair
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1
All-inside suture device is superior to meniscal arrows in meniscal repair: a prospective randomized multicenter clinical trial with 2-year follow-up
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Jan;23(1):211-8.Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
46 patients with vertical longitudinal knee meniscal tears were randomized to receive meniscal repair through either meniscal arrows (Biofix) or all-inside sutures (FasT-Fix). This was done to determine whether one meniscal repair device provided higher success rates and more favourable functional outcomes. Incidence of meniscus retearing, as well as the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scor...
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