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Smoking Has No Influence on Outcomes after Repair of the Medial Meniscus in the Hypo and Avascular Zones—A Pilot Study

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  • Jan Zabrzyński

    (Department of General Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology and Trauma Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, 61-545 Poznan, Poland
    Department of Orthopaedics, Orvit Clinic, Citomed Healthcare Center, 87-100 Torun, Poland
    Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland)

  • Łukasz Paczesny

    (Department of Orthopaedics, Orvit Clinic, Citomed Healthcare Center, 87-100 Torun, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Zabrzyńska

    (Department of Radiology, Multidisciplinary Hospital, 88-100 Inowroclaw, Poland)

  • Gazi Huri

    (Orthopaedics and Traumatology Departament, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara 06-230, Turkey)

  • Kamil Graboń

    (Department of Orthopaedics, Orvit Clinic, Citomed Healthcare Center, 87-100 Torun, Poland)

  • Tomasz Pielak

    (Department of Orthopaedics, Clinical Hospital, 25-736 Kielce, Poland)

  • Jacek Kruczyński

    (Department of General Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology and Trauma Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, 61-545 Poznan, Poland)

  • Łukasz Łapaj

    (Department of General Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology and Trauma Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, 61-545 Poznan, Poland)

Abstract

Complete loss of the meniscus inevitably leads to knee joint degeneration. Smoking is an important factor predicting poor outcome in orthopedics; however, data about its role in meniscus surgery are inconclusive. Smoking could be an important negative factor in isolated meniscus repair. The aim of this paper was to determine the influence of smoking on functional outcomes after isolated all-inside medial meniscus repair. This study included 50 consecutive patients with isolated, traumatic tear of the medial meniscus who underwent knee joint arthroscopy between 2016 and 2019. All-inside arthroscopic repair of the medial meniscus was performed in each case. All patients followed a uniform, postoperative rehabilitation protocol for 8 weeks. The follow-up examination was based on the functional scores at 3 and 6 months postoperatively. According to smoking status there were 17 smokers and 33 non-smokers. The mean number of cigarettes smoked per day was 11, for a mean of 7.4 years, and the mean pack-years index value was 4.9. There was no correlation between smoking years, number of cigarettes smoked per day, pack-years index, and functional outcomes. The arthroscopic inspection of the knee joints revealed cartilage lesions (≤IIº) in eight subjects, suggesting the secondary pathology to the meniscus tear. In this study, we found no evidence of an association between smoking indices and functional outcomes after all-inside repair of chronic medial meniscus tear. The nature of the chronic meniscal tear could be smoking-resistant owing to the poor blood supply to the sites in which these specific lesions occur.

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  • Jan Zabrzyński & Łukasz Paczesny & Agnieszka Zabrzyńska & Gazi Huri & Kamil Graboń & Tomasz Pielak & Jacek Kruczyński & Łukasz Łapaj, 2022. "Smoking Has No Influence on Outcomes after Repair of the Medial Meniscus in the Hypo and Avascular Zones—A Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:23:p:16127-:d:991366
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