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Meniscal Lesions Today: Evidence for Treatment

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Abstract

There is not just one but many methods of meniscal tears treatment.

When an Orthopaedic surgeon is faced with a meniscal lesion that is assumed to be responsible for the patient’s symptoms, two fundamental questions need to be answered [1]: is it necessary to treat this lesion surgically? Refraining from operative treatment must be seriously considered; and [2] if there is a need for surgical treatment, should meniscectomy or meniscal repair be performed?

The most important guideline in the decision-making process is the principle of meniscal sparing. Therefore, meniscectomy should only be contemplated when neither of the above options is applicable.

Two completely different conditions have to be considered: traumatic lesions, associated or not with an anterior cruciate ligament tear, and degenerate meniscal lesions.

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    Philippe Beaufils, Nicola Pujol & Philippe Boisrenoult

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Beaufils, P., Pujol, N., Boisrenoult, P. (2013). Meniscal Lesions Today: Evidence for Treatment. In: Bentley, G. (eds) European Instructional Lectures. European Instructional Lectures, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36149-4_19

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