Easier Meniscectomy

Meniscectomy

To review the meniscus from a historical perspective especially on surgical management and general guidelines for arthroscopic meniscectomy procedures for various types of meniscal tears. We searched MEDLINE and PubMed for the years of 1980-2010 using the terms meniscus, meniscal repair, menisectomy, and arthroscopy. Orthopedic surgeons frequently encounter patients with pain or functional impa...

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The consequences of meniscectomy.

The menisci of the knee have an important role in load-bearing and shock absorption within the joint. They may also function as secondary stabilisers, have a proprioceptive role, and aid the lubrication and nutrition of the articular cartilage. Complete or partial loss of a meniscus can have damaging effects on a knee, leading to serious long-term sequelae. This paper reviews the consequences o...

Partial versus Total Meniscectomy

Two hundred patients with a meniscal lesion were peroperatively allocated to partial or total meniscectomy in a random manner. The results were compared at one year and at 6.3 to 9.8 years (median 7.8). After one year more patients with partial meniscectomy (90%) than with total meniscectomy (80%) had no complaints. At the later review these figures were 62% and 52%, respectively (j = 0.18). Ho...

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Guangyu Zhu, Jia Chen, Jay Liu, Joseph S Brunzelle, Bo Huang, Nancy Wakeham, Simon Terzyan, Xuemei Li, Zihe Rao, Guangpu Li and Xuejun C Zhang* Crystallography Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biol...