Risk of total/subtotal meniscectomy for respective medial and lateral meniscus injury: correlation with tear type, duration of complaint, age, gender and ACL rupture in 6034 Asian patients

摘要

To evaluate the risk factor associated with total or subtotal meniscectomy for respective medial and lateral meniscus injury. The data of all the meniscus injured patients undergoing arthroscopy in our institute between January 15th, 2000 and December 31st, 2008 was collected and 6034 patients with 7241 injured menisci met the inclusion criteria. The mean patient age was 33.6?±?14.9?years and there were 4785 males and 2456 females with 3568 medial and 3673 lateral menisci. The decision tree approach was applied to investigate the correlation of the tear type, the duration of complaint, age, gender, ACL rupture and total/subtotal meniscectomy for respective medial and lateral meniscus. The tear type was associated with both medial (χ2?=?70.901, P?