Researchers examined 42 patients who received all-inside meniscal repair by using either bioabsorbable screws or bioabsorbable meniscus arrows for fixation. The researchers used several examinations to measure the progress of the knee with an average follow-up time of 27 months.
Failure was found among 17 percent of the patients who received the bioabsorbable meniscal screw fixation, compared with the 30 percent of patients who reported failure with the use of the bioabsorbable meniscus arrow fixation. Twenty-nine patients with the meniscus arrows had chondral damage on the femoral condyles.
Read the abstract about bioabsorbable meniscal screws and arrows.
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