Open meniscal repair offers the advantage of better preparation of the tear site. However, only the most peripheral of tears in the red-red zone are amenable to this technique because of exposure ...

At the time of surgery, the patient was noted to have a complete ACL tear (Figure 4) and a peripheral medial meniscal tear involving the posterior horn close to the meniscocapsular junction ...

Meniscal tears are common among athletes who experience ... a torn meniscus can't heal unless the tear is small and confined to the peripheral vascular zone. Similarly, the nerve supply providing ...