Partial meniscectomy refers to removal of only the damaged part. A meniscectomy is typically performed when you have a torn meniscus, which is a common knee injury. About 66 out of every 100,000 ...

Patients were randomly assigned to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy or sham surgery. The primary outcomes were changes in the Lysholm and Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET ...

It required partial meniscectomy of about 50% of the body and posterior horn involving the white-white and the red-white zone. The root was also avulsed and a meniscal root repair of the remaining ...

In fact, it may be no better than a "sham" procedure. The surgery is an arthroscopic procedure called a partial meniscectomy, and doctors perform it to relieve pain and other symptoms associated ...

Partial meniscectomy – a form of arthroscopic surgery for patients with a torn meniscus, a rupture of the fibrocartilage strips in the knee – is ineffective for individuals with mechanical ...

Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Your doctor will begin with the same process as a repair. But they will remove the torn meniscus and leave the healthy part in the joint so your knee can ...

Objective To assess the benefit of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) in adults with a meniscal tear and knee pain in three defined populations (taking account of the comparison intervention): (A ...

“Refixation slowed the progression of arthritic changes compared with partial meniscectomy, although it did not prevent the progression of arthrosis completely,” the authors wrote. Researchers ...

What is the difference between a meniscal repair and a partial meniscectomy? If a large healthy portion of the meniscus is torn and still has good blood supply, the meniscus can be repaired with ...

Objective To determine if exercise therapy is superior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for knee function in middle aged patients with degenerative meniscal tears. Design Randomised controlled ...

Whether arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for symptomatic patients with a meniscal tear and knee osteoarthritis results in better functional outcomes than nonoperative therapy is uncertain.