A Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Total Meniscectomy in Children

Abdon, Peter; Turner, Michael S.; Pettersson, Holger; Lindstrand, Anders; Stenström, Anders; Swanson, A. J. G.

doi:10.1097/00003086-199008000-00030

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“…These functional results reflect those of earlier studies. 1,15,18 Ranges of movement of the knee measured at the 17-and 30-year reviews were significantly less in the operated than in the non-operated knee (p = 0.015). The change in the same knee during the 13 years between reviews was also significantly different, with the non-operated knees decreasing their range of movement by a mean of 6° and the operated knees by 11° (Table IV).…”

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“…Reports show a satisfactory outcome in 34% to 74% of patients. [1][2][3] The observed incidence of secondary osteoarthritis (OA) varies widely from 8% to 90%, [1][2][3][4] but the use of differing radiological techniques and scoring systems makes useful comparison difficult if not impossible. Studies have involved small numbers of patients followed for short durations.…”

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Total meniscectomy in adolescence

McNicholas¹,

Rowley²,

McGurty

et al. 2000

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

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only patients who had a single knee operated on have been followed up. The minimum period of observation was 22 years.Among the approximately 8500 patients who had a total meniscectomy between January 1953 and June 1973, 313 aged 18 years of age or less had the procedure in one knee (0.04%). Abdon et al 1 followed up 100 of these patients during 1982 and 1983; they were considered to be a representative group since the only difference between them and those failing to attend for review was the length of time since surgery. There were 89 patients who had a single meniscectomy and 11 who had both menisci removed from the same knee. 6 The complete data and radiographs of both knees from that review were available to us. It was not possible to trace five of the 100 patients, leaving 95 for our study. Ten women and 22 men could not attend for assessment (Fig. 1); all except the five patients who could not be traced, were investigated by analysis of the hospital notes and those of the general practitioner. Half of the 32 patients not available for clinical review were contacted by telephone to confirm the accuracy of these data. We examined 63 patients (48 men and 15 women) and documented their symptoms and levels of activity.

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Total meniscectomy in adolescence

McNicholas¹,

Rowley²,

McGurty

et al. 2000

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

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“…In recent years, however, the evidence against performing this type of procedure in children and young adults has continued to mount, with the majority of mid-term and long-term outcomes studies showing early degenerative changes radiographically after these procedures. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Although surgical salvage techniques such as meniscal allograft transplantation do exist, they tend to be more technically demanding with poorly understood outcomes. 21 As a result, methods for treating the discoid meniscus have shifted away from the surgically aggressive to the more conservative current standard of care.…”

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Clinical Outcomes as a Function of Meniscal Stability in the Discoid Meniscus

Carter

Hoellwarth

Weiss

2012

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

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“…28 While most reviews recognise the joint narrowing which follows meniscectomy, and that changes such as the formation of ridges or sclerosis, squaring of the condyle, cysts and sparring or the formation of osteophytes occur, 26 the relationship to the functional outcome and the incidence of these changes differ by a factor of five. 11,23,[29][30][31][32][33][34] This may be explicable in terms of the varying case mix and criteria used in the radiological measurements, including whether standing films were obtained. It is also related to the length of postoperative review as shown by the higher incidence of osteoarthritis reported after subtotal meniscectomy in childhood and adolescence.…”

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“…It is also related to the length of postoperative review as shown by the higher incidence of osteoarthritis reported after subtotal meniscectomy in childhood and adolescence. 30,34,35 A recent paper by Räber et al, 33 describing…”

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