Smoak JB, Matthews JR, Vinod AV, Kluczynski MA, Bisson LJ. An Up-to-Date Review of the Meniscus Literature: A Systematic Summary of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses.
Orthop J Sports Med 2020;
8:2325967120950306. [PMID:
32953923 PMCID:
PMC7485005 DOI:
10.1177/2325967120950306]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background:
A large number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding the meniscus
have been published.
Purpose:
To provide a qualitative summary of the published systematic reviews and
meta-analyses regarding the meniscus.
Study Design:
Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4.
Methods:
A systematic search of all meta-analyses and systematic reviews regarding the
meniscus and published between July 2009 and July 2019 was performed with
PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, and the Cochrane database. Published abstracts,
narrative reviews, articles not written in English, commentaries, study
protocols, and topics that were not focused on the meniscus were excluded.
The most pertinent results were extracted and summarized from each
study.
Results:
A total of 332 articles were found, of which 142 were included. Included
articles were summarized and divided into 16 topics: epidemiology,
diagnosis, histology, biomechanics, comorbid pathology, animal models,
arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM), meniscal repair, meniscal root
repairs, meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT), meniscal implants and
scaffolds, mesenchymal stem cells and growth factors, postoperative
rehabilitation, postoperative imaging assessment, patient-reported outcome
measures, and cost-effectiveness. The majority of articles focused on APM
(20%), MAT (18%), and meniscal repair (17%).
Conclusion:
This summary of systematic reviews and meta-analyses delivers surgeons a
single source of the current evidence regarding the meniscus.
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