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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2022; 57(03): 524-528
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1729938
Nota Técnica

Microinvasive Meniscal Suture with Disposable Needle[*]

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1   Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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2   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
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3   Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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4   Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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4   Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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5   Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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Abstract

The first meniscal suture was performed in 1885 and took about a century to become popular. Currently, all-inside meniscal repair devices are widely used. However, this technique presents the disadvantage of being a method dependent on specific devices, presenting a higher cost than other techniques. This high cost limits the use of such a technique in many locations. The objective of the present technical note is to describe a microinvasive meniscal suture technique as a modification of the all-inside technique, using a disposable 40 × 12 mm procedure needle. The authors believe that the proposed modification to the technique can make it more popular, enabling the use of the microinvasive technique in places with limited resources.

* Study carried out at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 07 April 2020

Accepted: 01 December 2020

Article published online:
14 December 2021

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