The Fate of the Contralateral Knee in Patients With a Lateral Discoid Meniscus

To analyze the survivorship of the lateral meniscus (LM) in the contralateral knee after surgery for symptomatic torn discoid lateral meniscus (DLM) and to determine its associated factors. Two hundred ninety-six patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscectomy for torn symptomatic DLM were reviewed retrospectively. Patients were classified into subgroups based on demographic, clinical, and radiologic variables. The survivorship analysis of the LM on the contralateral knee was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and comparison among the subgroups was conducted using the log-rank test. The predicted prognostic factors associated with survivorship were determined using Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. Of the 296 patients, 51 (17%) had arthroscopic surgery in the contralateral knee during the study period. The group ≥40 years old had significantly worse survival than the group