An adolescent with a knee sprain was submitted to meniscoplasty for a discoid meniscus with anterior horn detachment and posterior horn rupture, achieving a pain-free full range of motion at 5 months.

Tissue degradation resulting from injury to the knee menisci can lead to the development of osteoarthritis. Evidence suggests that cell accumulation at the meniscal lesion is important for repair of ...

Correspondence to Dr Nicholas N. DePhillipo, Orthopedics, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway; Nickd.atc{at}gmail.com The overall aim of my thesis was to systematically evaluate medial ...

The Finnish Degenerative Meniscal Lesion Study (FIDELITY) compared surgical treatment of degenerative meniscal tears to placebo surgery. A year after the procedure the study participants, both those ...

In patients with a degenerative medial meniscal tear and no knee osteoarthritis, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is no better than sham surgery, Finnish researchers report in the December 26 issue ...

Although patients with meniscal injuries repaired with an inside-out or all-inside arthroscopic technique can expect 75% overall long-term clinical success rates, the inside-out repair provides a ...

Correspondence to Dylan Meng, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Richmond, V6V 2R9, Canada; dylan.meng{at}alumni.ubc.ca If you wish to reuse any ...

The Finnish Degenerative Meniscal Lesion Study (FIDELITY) compared surgical treatment of degenerative meniscal tears to placebo surgery. A year after the procedure the study participants, both those ...

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Meniscal tears can increase the risk of developing knee arthritis, and perhaps the eventual need for a knee replacement. In our practices, when it comes to meniscus injuries, we treat the patient, not ...

Physical-Therapy_G_633708009 Starting with physical therapy and having surgery only if that failed was as effective as immediate surgery in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Participants in ...

Arthroscopic surgery to remove torn meniscal tissue is a controversial treatment that, together with the meniscal tear itself, is associated with a high risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA).