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From: Risk of total/subtotal meniscectomy for respective medial and lateral meniscus injury: correlation with tear type, duration of complaint, age, gender and ACL rupture in 6034 Asian patients

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Results of the decision tree for the lateral meniscus tear. The tear type was also associated with the lateral total/subtotal meniscectomy (χ2 = 268.019, P < 0.001). The strongest risk of total/subtotal meniscectomy was shown for the complex tear (54.6%) followed by the horizontal (38.9%) and the longitudinal, radial (31.2%) and oblique tear (16.7%). The risk of total/subtotal lateral meniscectomy was significantly elevated for the complex tear of the female patients (χ2 = 5.877, P = 0.015) with no ACL rupture (χ2 = 50.501, P < 0.001). The risk of total/subtotal lateral meniscectomy was significantly elevated for patients with the oblique tear accompanied by ACL rupture in the left side (χ2 = 7.609, P = 0.006).The ACL rupture was associated with a decreased risk of total/subtotal meniscectomy for all the types of the lateral meniscus (complex: χ2 = 50.501, P < 0.001; horizontal: χ2 = 20.897, P < 0.001; oblique: χ2 = 27.413, P < 0.001; longitudinal and radial: χ2 = 110.85, P < 0.001)

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