A meniscectomy is a type of surgery that’s used to treat a damaged meniscus. A meniscus is a structure made of cartilage that helps your knee work properly. You have two of them in each knee: lateral ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Meniscectomy within 1 year prior to knee arthroplasty may be a risk factor for poor functional outcomes.

NEW ORLEANS – It was a deservedly full house at Friday afternoon’s scientific session on ACL and meniscal pathology at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here. What followed ...

1. Which doctor should I see for meniscectomy? An orthopedic surgeon should be consulted for meniscectomy. 2. What are the conditions whose symptoms are confused for those of torn menisci? The ...

What Is a Meniscus Tear? You have two c-shaped disks of cartilage (soft tissue) that connect your thigh bone to your shinbone. These are called menisci. They’re like shock absorbers for your bones.

MALMÖ, Sweden, Dec. 4 -- Several years after surgery to repair a non-traumatic meniscus tear, loss of muscle strength in the quadriceps left middle-aged patients with a painful, unstable knee ...

Correspondence to Sahil Dadoo, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; sahildadoo{at}gmail.com ...

Objective To compare outcomes from arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus physical therapy in young patients with traumatic meniscal tears. Methods We conducted a multicentre, open-labelled, ...

CHICAGO -- Derrick Rose will have surgery Friday morning on the torn medial meniscus in his right knee, the Chicago Bulls announced Thursday. The Bulls said that Rose will undergo a meniscectomy, or a ...