A Prospective Evaluation of Meniscal Repair in Paediatric Patients

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Knee meniscal tears; Surgery - Surgical techniques; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000578101
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Western Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

Patients will already be undergoing surgery for their symptomatic knee meniscal tear.

Therefore, outside of the routine criteria for surgery, study inclusion criteria are:

1. The individual is between the ages of 8 and 16 years.
2. The individual clinically qualifies for meniscal repair surgery based on clinical examination and MRI.
3. Multiple meniscal injuries are present.
4. The meniscal repair is combined with another knee surgery (or surgeries), such as ligament reconstruction

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will already be undergoing surgery for their symptomatic knee meniscal tear.

Therefore, outside of the routine criteria for surgery, study exclusion criteria are:

1. The individual (and parent) is unable or unwilling to sign the Patient Informed Consent, specific to this study, and approved by the Institutional Ethics Review Board.
2, The individual is classified as morbidly obese (>40 BMI).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
imb Symmetry Index (LSI) of the single hop for distance (cm) - this test requires a measurement tape. The patient begins on one limb in an upright position. The objective is to hop off one limb as far as possible (forwards), landing on the same limb in a controlled manner.[ 24 months post-surgery]