How common is the partial meniscectomy procedure compared with the meniscus repair procedure?
Partial meniscectomy is by far the most common form of meniscus surgery because only a small proportion (approximately 15-20 percent) of meniscal tears can be repaired through suturing, a procedure known as meniscus repair. An interesting fact is that the devices that FDA clears for repairing meniscal tears are all cleared through the same 510(k) process that ReGen followed for the Menaflex device.
