Many people think a torn meniscus is an injury that only happens to athletes. But that's not the case. It turns out you can sustain the injury from something as simple as your foot slipping off ...

Meniscal tears can be either traumatic or degenerative in nature. Meniscal tears are uncommon in persons under 10 years of age, but become increasingly common during and after adolescence.

Meniscectomy originally was the treatment of choice for a torn meniscus. However, long-term follow-up indicated that degenerative changes were directly proportional to the amount of meniscus removed.

The use of knee arthroscopy to treat degenerative meniscal tears is well established worldwide. However, with the advent of high quality randomised controlled trials questioning its value, ...

An expert panel produced these recommendations based on a linked systematic review triggered by a randomised trial published in The BMJ in June 2016, which found that, among patients with a ...

An early arthritic change in the knee joint often takes place in conjunction with degeneration of the meniscus. Pain, swelling and mechanical symptoms like catching or locking in the knee joint ...

These results therefore cannot be generalized to the entire population of patients with degenerative meniscus damage. 3. The alleged equivalence between arthroscopy and physiotherapy in the study ...

Meniscus Injuries or Ligament Tears? Forget About Knee Pain With arthroscopic surgery, most patients can leave the hospital ...

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