This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Peter R. Kurzweil, MD, focuses on Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus. Articles in this issue will include: Indications for meniscus repair: traumatic tears do better; Biologic enhancement of meniscal repair; Repairing the Unrepairable Meniscus; Posterior Horn Tears – all-inside suture repair; Meniscal Repair – Inside-out sutures; Meniscal Root tears – Recognizing and Repairing; Meniscal Repair – outside-in suture; Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators – which are best?; Treating post-meniscectomy pain with Meniscal implants; Meniscus Repair in Children; and Getting Athletes Back to Sports after Meniscus Repair.
1. Contributors - p. 2 2. Contents - p. 3 3. Forthcoming/Recent Issues - p. 4 4. Meniscal Repair - p. 5 5. Preface - p. 6 6. Indications for Meniscus Repair - p. 7 7. Meniscal Repair Using the Inside-Out Suture Technique - p. 15 8. Meniscal Repair—Outside-In Repair - p. 23 9. Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators—Which are Best? - p. 30 10. Management of Meniscus Tears that Extend into the Avascular Region - p. 38 11. Biologic Enhancement of Meniscus Repair - p. 47 12. Meniscus Root Avulsion - p. 53 13. Posterior Horn Tears—All-Inside Suture Repair - p. 59 14. Meniscus Repair in Children - p. 66 15. Return to Sport After Meniscal Repair - p. 77 16. Partial Meniscus Substitution with Tissue-Engineered Scaffold: An Overview - p. 83 17. Index - p. 88
This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Peter R. Kurzweil, MD, focuses on Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus. Articles in this issue will include: Indications for meniscus repair: traumatic tears do better; Biologic enhancement of meniscal repair; Repairing the Unrepairable Meniscus; Posterior Horn Tears – all-inside suture repair; Meniscal Repair – Inside-out sutures; Meniscal Root tears – Recognizing and Repairing; Meniscal Repair – outside-in suture; Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators – which are best?; Treating post-meniscectomy pain with Meniscal implants; Meniscus Repair in Children; and Getting Athletes Back to Sports after Meniscus Repair.
1. Contributors - p. 2 2. Contents - p. 3 3. Forthcoming/Recent Issues - p. 4 4. Meniscal Repair - p. 5 5. Preface - p. 6 6. Indications for Meniscus Repair - p. 7 7. Meniscal Repair Using the Inside-Out Suture Technique - p. 15 8. Meniscal Repair—Outside-In Repair - p. 23 9. Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators—Which are Best? - p. 30 10. Management of Meniscus Tears that Extend into the Avascular Region - p. 38 11. Biologic Enhancement of Meniscus Repair - p. 47 12. Meniscus Root Avulsion - p. 53 13. Posterior Horn Tears—All-Inside Suture Repair - p. 59 14. Meniscus Repair in Children - p. 66 15. Return to Sport After Meniscal Repair - p. 77 16. Partial Meniscus Substitution with Tissue-Engineered Scaffold: An Overview - p. 83 17. Index - p. 88
