Five-Year Outcome of Operative and Nonoperative Management of Meniscal Tear in Persons Older Than Forty-Five Years.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the 5-year outcome of treatment for meniscal tear in osteoarthritis.

Methods

We examined 5-year follow-up data from the Meniscal Tear in Osteoarthritis Research trial (METEOR) of physical therapy versus arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. We performed primary intent-to-treat (ITT) and secondary as-treated analyses. The primary outcome measure was the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) pain scale; total knee replacement (TKR) was a secondary outcome measure. We used piecewise linear mixed models to describe change in KOOS pain. We calculated 5-year cumulative TKR incidence and used a Cox model to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for TKR, with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).

Results

Three hundred fifty-one participants were randomi

SUBMITTER: Katz JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6994332 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature