Table 2: Evidence regarding meniscal rim preservation surgery.

Author

Journal

Year

LOE

N

(knees)

Mean

age

Gender

(M/F)

Treatment

Follow-up

(months)

Complications

Revision

rate (%)

S

S+R

STM

Bellier34

Arthroscopy

1989

IV

16 (19)

10.5

10/6

18

0

1

36

Residual

symptoms (2)

15.7

Aichroth

PM35

J Bone Joint

Surg Br

1991

IV

52 (62)

10.5

28/24

6

0

48

66

Arthritic

changes (3)

7.4

Ogüt T36

J Pediatr

Orthop

2003

IV

11

11.5

6/5

11

0

0

54

Ossificans

myositis (1)

NR

Atay OA37

Arthroscopy

2003

IV

33 (34)

5.6

19/14

33

0

1

60

NR

NR

Adachi N38

Arthroscopy

2004

IV

5

15.4

4/1

0

5

0

24

Residual

pain (1)

20

Good C5

Arthroscopy

2007

IV

27 (30)

10.1

8/19

7

21

2

29.8

Residual

pain (3),

intermitent

symptoms (4)

11.1

Ahn J3

Arthroscopy

2008

IV

23 (28)

9

10/13

0

23

0

50.9

Residual

pain (2),

growth

discrepancy (1)

NR

Wasser L39

Orthopaedics

&

Traumatology:

Surgery &

Research

2011

III

18 (20)

9

7/13

9

8

3

37

OCD (1),

re-tear (2)

10

Stilli S40

Knee Surg

Sports

Traumatol

Arthrosc

2011

IV

97 (104)

8

33/64

0

0

104

102

NR

NR

Carter C41

J Pediatr

Orthop

2012

III

51 (57)

11.7

22/29

33

24

0

15

Residual

symptoms (3),

re-tear (3)

3.5

Ahn J42

Arthroscopy

2015

IV

38 (48)

9.9

33/15

22

18

8

120

Arthritic

changes (19)

6.3

Yoo WJ43

Arthroscopy

2015

IV

86 (100)

10.7

56/30

45

42

13

108

OCD (5),

re-tear (5)

12

Lee C44

Arthroscopy

2016

IV

20 (21)

15.3

10/10

15

6

0

81.6

Arthritic

changes (19)

NR

Matsuo T45

Knee Surg

Sports

Traumatol

Arthrosc

2017

IV

9

14

5/4

0

9

0

6

NR

NR

Hagino T46

Arch Orthop

Trauma Surg

2017

IV

34 (39)

12.9

13/21

32

6

1

14

OCD (2)

5.4

Haskel J32

Knee Surg

Sports

Traumatol

Arthrosc

2018

IV

17 (19)

9.3

NR

4

15

0

132

Residual

pain (9),

locking

sensation (2)

20.6

Ohnishi Y47

The Knee

2018

III

52 (56)

19.4

28/24

39

17

0

30

Re-tear (1)

2

Kinugasa K48

The Knee

2019

IV

4

16.2

2/2

0

4

(repair

only)

0

24

NR

NR

Lins L33

J Pediatr

Orthop

2021

IV

25 (30)

10.8

8/17

20

10

0

234

Arthritic

changes (2)

44

Perkins C30

J Pediatr

Orthop

2021

IV

30 (32)

12

15/15

0

32

0

54

Residual

pain (1),

re-tear (2)

9

Silverstein R6

Am J

Sports Med

2023

III

274

12.4

142/129

83

148

43

17

NR

22.1

Bauwens

PH49

Knee Surg

Sports

Traumatol

Arthrosc

2023

III

51 (60)

11

22/29

3

57

0

41.5

Instability (10)

18.3

Lu X50

International

Orthopaedics

2023

IV

128

24.1

40/88

75

33

20

23.3

NR

NR

Rublev G51

Arthrosc

Sports

Med Rehabil

2024

III

20 (22)

8.4

9/11

9

11

0

36

NR

NR

F = female.

LOE = level of evidence.

M = male.

NR = not reported.

S = saucerization.

S+R = saucerization + repair.

STM = subtotal meniscectomy.