Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Physical Therapy for Degenerative Meniscal Tear: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Meniscal tears are commonly observed in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), however, clinical significance of such lesions detected by magnetic resonance imaging is in many cases unclear. This study aimed to determine the clinical effectiveness of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) compared with non-operative care in patients with knee OA.

Method

We used existing systematic reviews with updates of latest studies. Three randomized controlled studies were selected, where two studies compared the effects of APM plus physical therapy (PT) with PT alone and one compared APM alone and PT alone. While 1 study exclusively included OA patients, 2 studies included 21.1 and 12% of patients with no radiographic OA. Patients with knee locking were unanimously excluded

SUBMITTER: Choi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608923 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature