All-Suture, All-Inside Meniscus Repair Is Safe and Provides Favorable Short-Term Clinical Outcomes
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate short-term patient-reported outcomes (PROs), complications, and reoperations after all-inside meniscus repair using an all-suture implant.
Methods: A review of a prospectively maintained database was performed to identify patients who underwent all-inside meniscus repair using a knotless, tensionable, all-suture implant by the senior author between November 2019 and December 2023. PROs (including Knee Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation, pain visual analog scale, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System scores, as well as Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score [KOOS] subscales), and charts were analyzed to monitor change over time. Mixed linear regression, analysis of variance, and estimated marginal means were used to determine factors associated with improved or worsening outcomes.
