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Table 4 Details of second surgery in contralateral knees of 12 bilateral DLM patients that became symptomatic within 5 years after first surgery.

From: Prevalence of bilateral Discoid Lateral Menisci (DLM) in patients operated for symptomatic DLM with a follow-up study on their asymptomatic contralateral knees: a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) assessment

   

Contralateral asymptomatic knees that developed symptoms within a 5-yr post-op period

ID

Sex

Age

Site

Surgery date

MRI grade (no apparent symptoms)

Surgical treatment

Operation type

MRI grade (at onset of symptoms)

Shift type

Time interval between two operations (months)

1

M

19

R

01/2009

NR

Subtotal meniscectomy

Complete

III

Posterocentral

18

2

F

12

L

09/2009

III

Subtotal meniscectomy

Complete

III

Posterocentral

7

3

M

13

L

07/2009

NR

Meniscoplasty

Complete

III

Posterocentral

12

4

F

36

L

01/2010

NR

Meniscoplasty

Complete

I

No shift

24

5

M

17

R

02/2010

III

Meniscoplasty

Incomplete

III

Posterocentral

42

6

F

12

L

09/2011

III

Meniscoplasty

Complete

III

No shift

18

7

M

17

L

06/2010

NR

Meniscoplasty

Complete

III

Posterocentral

35

8

M

17

R

09/2009

NR

Meniscoplasty

Complete

III

No shift

20

9

M

41

R

11/2009

NR

Subtotal meniscectomy

Complete

III

No shift

11

10

M

17

L

01/2010

NR

Meniscoplasty + repair

Complete

III

No shift

60

11

M

67

R

01/2010

II

Subtotal meniscectomy

Complete

III

No shift

11

12

F

7

R

07/2011

II

Meniscoplasty

Incomplete

III

No shift

19

  1. L, left knee; R, right knee; DLM, discoid lateral meniscus; NR, not recorded.