meniscectomy
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Indications
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]
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11,17 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998,2015
- ↑ WebMD: Meniscectomy for a Meniscus Tear http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/meniscectomy-for-a-meniscus-tear
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23188906
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30932360 Free PMC article https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acr.23891