Medial meniscal extrusion greater than 4 mm reduces medial tibiofemoral compartment contact area: a biomechanical analysis of tibiofemoral contact area and pressures with varying amounts of meniscal extrusion.

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy : Official Journal of the ESSKA
Pedro DebieuxKatherine J Coyner

Abstract

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the contact areas, contact pressures, and peak pressures in the medial compartment of the knee in six sequential testing conditions. The secondary objective is to establish how much the medial meniscus is able to extrude, secondary to soft tissue injury while keeping its roots intact. Ten cadaveric knees were dissected and tested in six conditions: (1) intact meniscus, (2) 2 mm extrusion, (3) 3 mm extrusion, (4) 4 mm extrusion, (5) maximum extrusion, (6) capsular based meniscal repair. Knees were loaded with a 1000-N axial compressive force at 0°, 30°, 60°, and 90° for each condition. Medial compartment contact area, average contact pressure, and peak contact pressure data were recorded. When compared to the intact state, there was no statistically significant difference in medial compartment contact area at 2 mm of extrusion or 3 mm of extrusion (n.s.). There was a statistically significant decrease in contact area compared to the intact state at 4 mm (p = 0.015) and maximum extrusion (p < 0.001). The repair state was able to improve medial compartment contact area, and there was no statistically significant difference between the repair and the intact states (n.s.). No signif...Continue Reading

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