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01-01-2015 | Knee
Avulsion of the anterior medial meniscus root: case report and surgical technique
Authors:
Matthias J. Feucht, Philipp Minzlaff, Tim Saier, Andreas Lenich, Andreas B. Imhoff, Stefan Hinterwimmer
Published in:
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
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Issue 1/2015
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Abstract
Injuries of the meniscus roots have become increasingly recognised as a serious pathology of the knee joint. However, the current available literature focuses primarily on posterior meniscus root tears. In this article, a case with an isolated avulsion of the anterior medial meniscus root is presented, and a new arthroscopic technique to treat this type of injury is described. The anterior horn of the medial meniscus was sutured with a double-looped nonabsorbable suture and reattached to the tibial plateau using a knotless suture anchor. This technique may also be useful to treat avulsion injuries of the anterolateral or posteromedial meniscus root, and symptomatic subluxation of the medial meniscus in case of a variant insertion anatomy with an absent attachment of the anterior horn of the medial meniscus to the tibial plateau.
Level of evidence V.