Meniscal tears can be either traumatic or degenerative in nature. Meniscal tears are uncommon in persons under 10 years of age, but become increasingly common during and after adolescence.

The use of knee arthroscopy to treat degenerative meniscal tears is well established worldwide. However, with the advent of high quality randomised controlled trials questioning its value, ...

An expert panel produced these recommendations based on a linked systematic review triggered by a randomised trial published in The BMJ in June 2016, which found that, among patients with a ...

However, long-term follow-up indicated that degenerative changes were directly ... There are a variety of bioabsorbable devices to repair the meniscal tear and each has lab pullout strength ...

Degenerative tears are complex and linked with articular ... He said repair horizontal cleavage tears in younger patients who have associated meniscal cysts and minimal chondral damage.

Medial meniscal posterior root (MMPR) tears (MMPRTs) have been increasingly recognized as impairing the transmission of ...