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[Late results following meniscectomy]. 1990

E Kesenheimer, and M Kolb, and B Rosemeyer

Staatliche Orthopädische Klinik München.

In a retrospective study a total of 227 women and men between 24 and 79 years of age who had undergone meniscectomy at the State Orthopedic Clinic of Munich between 1958 and 1975 were reexamined clinically and radiologically in order to determinate late effects of surgery. Of 149 patients with an uncomplicated subtotal meniscectomy 35% showed an unsatisfactory subjective result while 62% were continuously free of symptoms regarding their operated knee. Including constitutional factors degenerative changes in the knee occurred in 50%, 34% of the total of 149 showing severe radiologic changes of grade 2 and 3. The roentgenographic changes in the knee correlated frequently with the subjective result. The frequency of degenerative arthritis in the follow-up investigation was significantly higher for patients with preoperative osteoarthritis than in those without. Some other factors seemed to have no bearing on the longterm effect of meniscectomy. The procedure of subtotal meniscectomy proved to be an important factor for degenerative arthritis. Arthroscopic and meniscus healing techniques require further examination of longterm results.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007718	Knee Injuries	Injuries to the knee or the knee joint.	Injuries, Knee,Injury, Knee,Knee Injury
D008023	Ligaments, Articular	Fibrous cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE that attach bones to each other and hold together the many types of joints in the body. Articular ligaments are strong, elastic, and allow movement in only specific directions, depending on the individual joint.	Articular Ligament,Articular Ligaments,Ligament, Articular
D008297	Male		Males
D008592	Menisci, Tibial	The interarticular fibrocartilages of the superior surface of the tibia.	Lateral Menisci,Medial Menisci,Menisci, Lateral,Menisci, Medial,Semilunar Cartilages,Tibial Menisci,Meniscus, Medial,Meniscus, Tibial,Tibial Meniscus,Cartilage, Semilunar,Cartilages, Semilunar,Lateral Meniscus,Medial Meniscus,Meniscus, Lateral,Semilunar Cartilage
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010003	Osteoarthritis	A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.	Arthritis, Degenerative,Osteoarthrosis,Osteoarthrosis Deformans,Arthroses,Arthrosis,Arthritides, Degenerative,Degenerative Arthritides,Degenerative Arthritis,Osteoarthritides,Osteoarthroses
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man