Arun J Ramappa, Alvin Chen, Benjamin Hertz, Michael Wexler, Leandro Grimaldi Bournissaint, Joseph P DeAngelis, Ara Nazarian
BACKGROUND: Many all-inside suture-based devices are currently available, including the Meniscal Cinch, FasT-Fix, Ultra FasT-Fix, RapidLoc, MaxFire, and CrossFix System. These different devices have been compared in various configurations, but to our knowledge, the Sequent meniscal repair device, which applies running sutures, has not been compared with the Ultra FasT-Fix, nor has it been compared with its suture, No. 0 Hi-Fi, using an inside-out repair technique. PURPOSE: To assess the quality of the meniscal repair, all new devices should be compared with the gold standard: the inside-out repair...
January 2014: American Journal of Sports Medicine