Editorial Commentary: All-Inside Double-Vertical Cross-Suture is an Effective Technique for Knee Meniscus Radial Tear Repair, but There is No Gold-Standard Evaluation Tool for Evaluating Healing and Function of the Repaired Meniscus

Hamada, Masayuki; Tsujii, Akira

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2021.12.031

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“…Mapping MRI can be useful in assessing meniscal healing-as shown by the results of Yamasaki et al 48 and Hamada and Tsujii. 20 This type of MRI is still difficult to perform in everyday practice but has the advantage of not being invasive. Furthermore, preoperative MRI scans were performed with different strength magnets (1T, 5T, or 3T).…”

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MRI Criteria for Healing at 1 Year After Repair of a Traumatic Meniscal Tear

Schwach,

Grange,

Klasan

et al. 2023

Am J Sports Med

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Background: Meniscal repair for a traumatic meniscal tear is increasingly used to preserve the meniscus. Interpreting postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans remains challenging, especially in symptomatic patients. There is a lack of reliable MRI criteria to affirm the healed character of a traumatic meniscal injury repair. Purpose: To identify relevant MRI criteria for meniscal healing after meniscal repair. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: We prospectively included all patients with a traumatic meniscal injury who underwent either an isolated meniscal repair or a repair during a concomitant anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. A standardized preoperative and postoperative clinical evaluation was performed, along with collection of functional scores—Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, International Knee Documentation Committee, Lysholm Score, and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. An MRI scan was performed 1 year postoperatively and compared with the preoperative MRI scan. The following MRI aspects were analyzed: variation of morphology and fat-saturated (FS) T2 intensity signal and pre- and postoperative tear diastasis measurement. Results: Fifty patients (age, mean ± SD, 28.7 ± 8.5 years [range, 16-45 years]) who were 1 year postoperative were included. All patients were considered clinically healed had the same MRI characteristics. A signal change (FS T2) was observed from a high signal intensity fluid to a nonfluid moderate signal intensity. The morphology of the lesion was more complex: from the initial lesion, line ramifications appeared, creating the appearance of tree branches. The tear diastasis decreased (from 2.3 ± 0.5 mm [range, 1.3-3.5] to 1.1 ± 0.28 mm [range, 0.5-1.5]). Conclusion: MRI criteria confirming meniscal healing after traumatic meniscal repair at 1 year were identified: a change in the intrameniscal signal becoming nonfluid and moderate in intensity; a reduction in tear diastasis to <1.5 mm; and a change in the signal morphology of the repaired meniscus.

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confidence: 99%