2024 AANA/ISAKOS Specialty Day All-Access Pass-Meniscus Debate Speaker #1: You Need to Add Centralization to Your Root Repair to Make It Work in This Patient

Meniscus Debate Speaker #1: You Need to Add Centralization to Your Root Repair to Make It Work in This Patient

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The speaker emphasizes the importance of centralization in meniscus root repair to prevent complications such as pathologic extrusion, particularly on the medial side. Demonstrating a surgical technique, they show how centralization stitches can reduce extrusion and protect the root repair. Studies support this approach, showing improved outcomes and reduced extrusion post-surgery. Centralization, combined with root repair, is preferred over osteotomy alone as it offers better long-term results. The speaker encourages centralization for restoring anatomy and preventing future issues in patients with meniscus root tears.

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Eric Jason Strauss, M.D.

Keywords

centralization

meniscus root repair

pathologic extrusion

surgical technique

anatomy restoration