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Table 2 the advantages and disadvantages

From: An arthroscopic repair technique for meniscal tear using a needle and suture: outside-in transfer all-inside repair

Advantages

Disadvantages

Minimally invasive technique

Routine arthroscopic approach

Low-cost

Wide indications

Anatomic reduction

No knot leave a knot outside the capsule or subcutaneous

No material-related complications

High technical requirements

Leave a knot inside the joint cavity

Potential risks of injury to neurovascular structures for the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus

Difficult for posterior horn of the medial meniscus because of narrow space