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## Background: Meniscal tears are a common knee injury. Isolated meniscal tears are less common; however, unaddressed tears can be troublesome, particularly for athletes. There is currently a lack of data in the literature on athletes returning to play after isolated meniscal repair. ## Purpose: To evaluate the return to play rate and time to return to play for athletes with isolated meniscal injuries. ## Study Design: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4. ## Methods: A search of the PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane electronic databases was conducted to identify studies that reported the time and the rate of return to play in athletes after repair of isolated meniscal tears. Studies were excluded if there was a concomitant anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, if there was a meniscectomy instead of a meniscal repair, or if the study was a systematic review. Quality assessment and data extraction were performed by 2 examiners. ## Results: Overall, 21 studies were included in this review. There were 355 athletes (358 knees) with a mean age of 22.5 years (range, 9-68 years). A sex breakdown was noted in 16 of the 21 (76.2%) studies with 224 men and 71 women. The specific repair te
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- Author
- Erica R. Blanchard; Christopher J. Hadley; Eric D. Wicks; William Emper; Steven B. Cohen
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)