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Meniscectomy: Global Results-Complications

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In the past decades, partial, subtotal, or total meniscectomy has received ample consideration in the literature. At present, arthroscopic meniscectomy remains one of the most common orthopedic procedures, but may have severe consequences that should not be neglected. The National Center of Health Statistics [45] reported more than 450,000 arthroscopic meniscectomies being performed each year in the United States (US). The first report on degenerative knee joint changes postmeniscectomy was published by Fairbanks [34] in 1948. Since then, many different issues regarding this procedure have been a matter of debate: total or partial excision, open or arthroscopic procedures, and recent techniques of repair, suture, and grafting. The outcome is correlated to cartilage status, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) efficiency, and amount of resection. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the global results of meniscectomy and its complications.

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Fayard, JM., Pereira, H., Servien, E., Lustig, S., Neyret, P. (2010). Meniscectomy: Global Results-Complications. In: Beaufils, P., Verdonk, R. (eds) The Meniscus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02450-4_23

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