Results of All-Inside Meniscal Repair With the FasT-Fix Meniscal Repair System

Molecular Analysis of Age and Sex-Related Gene Expression in Meniscal Tears with and without a Concomitant Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

“…First, these differences in gene expression may relate to the worse long-term clinical outcomes after meniscal repair seen in older patients 30 . Although short-term clinical success rates are good in patients older than forty years 31 , these patients have reportedly lower rates of meniscal healing and higher long-term failure rates after repair. As a lack of viable cells in the meniscus is associated with degeneration and repeat tearing, one possible physiologic reason for higher late failure rates in older patients may be the decreased intrinsic and perimeniscal cellularity found in the torn menisci of this patient group 18 .…”

Meniscus Repair and Transplantation: A Comprehensive Update

“…between 9% and 13%. 8,21,25,28,29,51 However, long-term, clinical follow-up reports are required of these systems. Most authors use an average of 2 sutures, and there is concern regarding the expected inferior fixation strength of these techniques compared to the multiple vertical divergent suturing procedure.…”

Clinical results of arthroscopic all-inside meniscal repair

“…19 Kotsovolos et al reported the clinical results of 61 menisci repaired using the Fast-Fix meniscal repair system after an average follow-up period of 18 months. 20 The success rate in their series was 90% (55 clinically healed menisci out of 61) according to the criteria of Barrett et al, and 51 patients (88%) had an excellent or good result. 12 Andrew et al used Fast-Fix for 47 meniscal tears in 37 patients with at least a 2-year follow-up.…”