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The posterior part of the ruptured meniscus was repaired with Contour Arrows<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>, using a Crossbow as the insertion instrument, whereas the middle third was repaired by inserting PDS 2.0 stitches using a Meniscus Mender<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> outside\u2010in device. The patients were followed\u2010up for a mean(SD) 8.9 years (range: 1\u201312 years).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 91 patients (95\u00a0menisci) in Group 1, 88 (96.7%) healed without complications. One meniscus in one patient did not heal after 11\u00a0months, requiring resection<jats:bold>.<\/jats:bold> Two other menisci in two other patients showed partially healed tears. This part was removed while preserving most of the meniscus (failure rate: 3\/91 patients: 3.3%). The other 88 patients recovered without complaints and participated in sports without restraint. Four menisci in four patients experienced a second sports\u2010related incident, resulting in a renewed tear between 12\u00a0months and 3 years. These tears were repaired successfully again. Of the 15 patients in Group 2, 12 (80.0%) healed without complications. The ruptured part of the remaining menisci in the other three patients, (20%) was removed, with all patients remaining symptom\u2010free until the end of follow\u2010up. Rates of treatment failure differed significantly in these two groups (3.3% vs 20.0%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.04).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The overall failure rate was significantly lower in patients who underwent meniscus repair within 3 weeks than in those who underwent repair at 3 weeks (or more) after the trauma. 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