High incidence of intraoperative anchorage failure in FasT-fix™ all inside meniscal suturing device


Published online: Dec 30 2013

Simon WALGRAVE, Steven CLAES, Johan BELLEMANS

From the University Hospitals Leuven, campus Pellenberg, Belgium

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of intraoperative failure of the FasT-fix™ (Smith & Nephew, Andover, USA) device for all-inside meniscal repair and to investigate any underlying factors. Searching retrospectively the hospital databases and patient files, we collected 78 cases, totalling 61 successes and 17 failures. Of a total of 190 FasT-fix anchors, 22 failed (a calculated incidence of 11.6%), either by anchorage slippage through the capsule during tightening or by failure of anchor deployment.