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All-Inside Meniscal Repair: Updates on Technique

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Most of the increasing popularity of the all-inside meniscal repair is related to the possibility to perform a meniscal repair with no additional skin incision. Moreover, the all-inside techniques allow the possibility of placing sutures in the different meniscal tear patterns such as horizontal, vertical, oblique, or longitudinal. In this situation, it can be more attractive to a knee surgeon, because they could offer potential benefits that include a shorter operative time and a lower risk of neurovascular injury. However, as well as any other surgical procedure, the anatomy and the biomechanical concepts are points that the surgeon should keep in mind when performing an all-inside meniscal repair. Some factors have a direct influence on the decision of repairing a meniscal tear, such as the tear location, tear type, the size of a meniscal tear, the quality of meniscal tissue, and the configuration and the stability of the meniscal tear.

The original version of this chapter was revised. An erratum to this chapter can be found at DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-53792-3_18

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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Medical Sciences State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Sergio Rocha Piedade

  2. Faculdade de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Rodrigo Pereira da Silva Nunes

  3. Instituto Cohen de Ortopedia, Reabilitação e Medicina do Esporte, São Paulo, Brazil

    Camila Cohen Kaleka

  4. Faculdade de Medicina de Sorocaba, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

    Tulio Pereira Cardoso

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Piedade, S.R., da Silva Nunes, R.P., Kaleka, C.C., Pereira Cardoso, T. (2017). All-Inside Meniscal Repair: Updates on Technique. In: LaPrade, R., Arendt, E., Getgood, A., Faucett, S. (eds) The Menisci. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53792-3_9

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