Abstract
78 knees of 73 patients (average age, 37.1 years) with torn menisci were retorospectively studied to clarify the relevance between the tear characteristics and the frequencies of cartilage lesions.
The frequency of cartilage lesions were significantly lower in the lateral discoid group than that in the lateral and medial meniscal injury groups.
Articular cartilage lesions were more frequent in the lateral meniscal injury group than that in the other two groups and the frequency increased in the patients over 40 years of age.
Complex, flap, and bucket handle tears were more often associated with articular cartilage lesions than the other type of tear.
