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meniscectomy

Indications: - knee injury (meniscal tear) Procedure: - surgical removal of a meniscus from the knee joint Complications: - 50% incidence of osteoarthritis of the knee after 15 years [2,4] - cartilage damage more advanced after meniscectomy than after physical therapy alone [5]

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meniscectomy trauma/exercise/surgery & osteoarthritis

General

orthopedic surgery

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11,17 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998,2015
  3. WebMD: Meniscectomy for a Meniscus Tear http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/meniscectomy-for-a-meniscus-tear
  4. Pengas IP, Assiotis A, Nash W, Hatcher J, Banks J, McNicholas MJ. Total meniscectomy in adolescents: a 40-year follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2012 Dec;94(12):1649-54 PMID: 23188906
  5. Collins JE et al. Early magnetic resonance imaging-based changes in patients with meniscal tear and osteoarthritis: Eighteen-month data from a randomized controlled trial of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus physical therapy. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2020 May; 72:630. PMID: 30932360 Free PMC article https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acr.23891