Lateral Meniscocapsular Zip Tear: Classification and Repair Methods

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Lateral Meniscocapsular Zip Tear: Classification and Repair Methods

By sheetal gupta 13 Videos FEATURING sheetal gupta, Ashutosh Dwivedi, Sachin Chavan

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October 13, 2024

Lateral meniscus tears at the junction of the Wrisberg ligament and posterior horn is meniscocapsular ...
read more ↘ injury often seen with injury to the anterior cruciate ligament. Such lateral meniscus posterior horn lesion has been termed Zip lesions. The posterior part of PHLM remains in its place due to traction on the ligament of Wrisberg, which abuts against the PCL and tears the longitudinal fragment of the lateral meniscus like the opening of a zip, therefore termed as “zip sign” or zip lesion. Zip lesions (Wrisberg rip, Zipper Tear) are longitudinal vertical/oblique meniscal tears at the junction of the Wrisberg ligament and the lateral meniscus posterior horn. The tear must extend more than 1.4 cm in the mediolateral direction from the lateral edge of PCL5. Zip lesion is equivalent to the medial-sided ramp lesion.
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