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Total meniscectomy in adolescence : A thirty-year follow-up

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Author

  • M. J. McNicholas
  • D. I. Rowley
  • D. McGurty
  • T. Adalberth
  • P. Abdon
  • A. Lindstrand
  • L. S. Lohmander

Summary, in English

We have carried out a prospective, longitudinal 30-year review of 95 adolescents who underwent total meniscectomy in one knee, and have compared the results with those observed 13 years earlier. All the medical records were scrutinized. Of the 63 patients reviewed clinically, 47 reported decreased sporting activity, although subjective satisfaction rose by 3% to 71%. The scores on the WOMAC ostcoarthritis index differed significantly between patients grouped by subjective global assessment. Satisfactory function scores increased from 48% to 60%. In the 53 patients consenting to bilateral radiography of the knee, the incidence of narrowing of the articular cartilage in the operated knee increased significantly between the reviews (19% to 36%). Progression of degenerative change paralleled reduction in activity. Outcome measures were best after medial, intermediate after lateral and worst after double meniscectomy.

Publishing year

2000-03

Language

English

Pages

217-221

Publication/Series

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Volume

Volume

82

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery

Topic

  • Orthopedics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0301-620X