Reported complication rate
6.00%
Range 3.70–9.00%
Across 3 cited studies.
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orthopaedic
Meniscus Surgery — outcome data
Aggregate complication, revision and mortality figures pulled from peer-reviewed systematic reviews on PubMed, plus any operator- published quality data the registry has verified. See methodology for extraction rules and the cross-citation agreement gate we apply.
Cited literature
- Surgical Management of the Discoid Lateral Meniscus: a Systematic Review of Outcomes.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025
- Surgical repair of radial meniscus tears yields favorable healing rates: a systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026
- The repair of horizontal cleavage tears yields higher complication rates compared to meniscectomy: a systematic review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020