meniscectomy

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meniscectomy

[‚men·ə′sek·tə‚mē]

(medicine)

Surgical removal of a meniscus or semilunar cartilage.

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Risk factors for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis fifteen to twenty-two years after meniscectomy.

Glycosaminoglycan Content of the Lateral Compartment Cartilage in Knees Conforming to the Indications for Oxford Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Yet another investigation, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study conducted in Finland involving 146 patients, compared sham surgery to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.

When can exercise supplant surgery for degenerative meniscal tears? Patients with a medial, degenerative meniscal tear and a minimal history of osteoarthritis make good candidates for physical therapy--and there is an added benefit, too

The latest study, published in July in BMJ along with an editorial condemning these surgeries, found that among 140 middle-aged patients with medial degenerative meniscal tears but no accompanying osteoarthritis, no significant difference in patient-reported pain, symptoms, knee function or other knee-related quality of life was found during two years' follow-up after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy as opposed to a sub-group receiving neuromuscular and strength training over 12 weeks.

Another nail in the coffin for meniscal tear surgery

Patients with the most painful and acute presentations and those with hamstring weakness were most likely to cross over from PT to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in this trial," commented Dr.

Which factors predict move from PT to meniscal surgery?

Chondropathies developed after arthroscopic meniscectomy in our patient group (194 cases), we aim to share our 6-year long follow-up.

Six year follow-up after arthroscopic menisectomy

More recently, Vangsness et al reported (15) a randomized, double-blind, controlled study on adult human MSC delivered via intra-articular injection to the knee following partial medial meniscectomy.

Stem cell therapy: future of pain medicine

The procedure - called partial meniscectomy - aims to relieve symptoms o knr that are due to a tear in a meniscus, one of two pairs of cartilages that cushion the knee joints, by removing the torn fragments and then trimming up the edges.

Ask Dr Miriam

5,7,9,12,14) Partial meniscectomy for torn meniscus may be considered, if conservative measures fail, but it is possible to live with a torn meniscus if activity is judicious.

The integrated treatment of postmenopausal osteoarthritis

Arthroscopic meniscectomy for discoid lateral meniscus in children.

Morphometric study of the menisci of knee joints of human foetuses

The surgery is an arthroscopic procedure called a partial meniscectomy, and doctors perform it to relieve pain and other symptoms associated with a tear in the knee's meniscus.

Common knee surgery no better than 'fake' version

Chondropathy after meniscal tear or partial meniscectomy in a canine model.

Mechanical properties of rabbit meniscal allografts after glycerin preservation and rehydration in NaCl 0.9%/Propriedades mecanicas de aloenxertos meniscais de coelhos apos preservacao em glicerina e reidratacao em NaCl 0,9%

This study tested the hypothesis that a small intraoperative dose of Ketamine improves postoperative analgesia that lasts for several days, hence facilitating ambulation after arthroscopic meniscectomy (Menigaux et al.

Intraoperative use of Ketamine for the reduction of acute postoperative pain in PACU