J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1979 Mar;14(1):15-19. 10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.15.

Clinical Analysis of Meniscus Injuries in Korean Soldier: 60 Cases

• Kim CS
• Kim YI

• KMID: 2460638
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.15

Abstract

Clinical analysis was done on 60 meniscus injuries operated on at Orthopaedic Department of Capital Armed Forces General Hospital from Mar. 1977 to Sept. 1978 with the following results. 1. All cases were military personel aged from 21 to 40, most of them 23 and 24 years old. 2. The fall down accident was the most common cause of injury mechanism. 3. The lateral meniscus was more frequently injured than the medial with 43:17, and the right side knee than left with a ratio of 35:25. 4. The posterior horn tear was the most common type of the injuries involved 23 cases (48.3%). 5. The complete healing after menisectomy ranged from 1 month to about 3 months. 6. It seems resonably certain that habit of exaggerated flexion of the knee in Korean is an important factor in the production of the lesion, combined possibly with medial ratation of the tibia, for subsequent episodes of the exaggerated flexion enlarge the rent untill the popliteus attachment and all peripheral attachments behind the hiatus are torn away, and the posterior half of the lateral meniscus is released from normal control.

MeSH Terms

Animals
Arm
Horns
Hospitals, General
Humans
Knee
Menisci, Tibial
Military Personnel*
Tears
Tibia