Abstract

MOURA, Diogo; MARQUES, Pedro  and  FONSECA, Fernando. Meniscectomia parcial e risco de gonartrose. Rev. Port. Ortop. Traum. [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.4, pp.277-288. ISSN 1646-2939.

Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is currently one of the most common orthopedic procedures performed. However, whereas the short-term results of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy are excellent, evaluation of the long-term is not satisfactory in terms of radiographic signs of early osteoarthritis of the knee. Currently it is accepted that any amount of meniscectomy is a risk factor to early onset of osteoarthritis and that a strong correlation exists between the amount of the resected meniscus or in other words the amount remaining functional meniscal tissue and the development of degenerative changes in the knee. This paper’s goal is to perform a literature review about partial meniscectomy and its risk for early knee osteoarthritis, looking to approach its biomechanical basis and the trials about partial meniscectomy long-term outcomes. A research at database Pubmed/Medline by the words “Partial meniscectomy” and “Knee osteoarthritis” was performed and mainly last 10 year english language papers were selected, including original and review articles.

Keywords : Partial meniscectomy; meniscu; ruptures; treatment; knee; arthroscopy; knee osteoarthritis.

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