Published results showed partial meniscectomy performed with needle arthroscopy may reduce opioid use in the immediate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to ...

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 ...

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 ...

2 Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopedics (FICEBO), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Objectives To assess the long-term effects of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) on the ...

We conducted a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial in 146 patients 35 to 65 years of age who had knee symptoms consistent with a degenerative medial meniscus tear and no knee ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Question: I have been active my entire life, and a few years ago I tore my ACL and meniscus while skiing and had them replaced/repaired two years ago. This past summer I was running up on the tundra ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto underwent successful meniscectomy surgery on his right knee last week and said he expects to be back at the four-week mark of the ...