eniscus tears should be repaired if possible. The meniscus is one of the important structures in the knee to attenuate shock and loads and all tears should be repaired if possible to maintain as much meniscal tissue as possible. However, a new study has shown by Espeijo-Reina at al. published in this month edition of Arthroscopy (Esepjo-Reina et al. Arthroscopy 2019, March 35 (3):857-863) that only 35% of all tears are repairable. If the tears are associated with an ACL injury nearly half of all tears can potentially be repaired.
