Meniscal tears: Difficulty predicting who will benefit from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy

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Meniscal tears: Difficulty predicting who will benefit from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy

Steve Targett

Steve Targett

Types of Meniscal tear
Types of meniscal tear: Bucket-handle tears are not useful for predicting who will benefit from surgery, as once thought

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Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is one of the most common orthopaedic procedures, yet clinical trials have shown it provides no benefit in some patient groups. This article summarises a recent study into why there has not been a significant reduction in these surgeries in recent years

Key points, Physiotherapy is the recommended first-line treatment for middle-age people with non-obstructive meniscal tears and radiographic signs of osteoarthri