In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients

J Noble; K Erat

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

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In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients

Noble J, Erat K. In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1980;62-B(1):7-11. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

Noble, J, and K Erat. “In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, vol. 62-B, no. 1, 1980, pp. 7-11., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

Noble, J., & Erat, K. (1980). In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 62-B(1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

Noble, J. and Erat, K. (1980) “In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 62-B(1), pp. 7-11. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

Noble, J, and K Erat. “In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume 62-B, no. 1 (1980): 7-11. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

Noble J, Erat K. In defence of the meniscus. A prospective study of 200 meniscectomy patients. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1980 Feb 1;62-B(1):7-11. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.62B1.7351438

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Of 250 patients scheduled for meniscectomy 50 had symptoms which subsided and operation could be deferred; of the remaining 200 only 73 per cent were found to have a significant tear. It is shown that the risks of removing a normal meniscus far exceed those of leaving a tear in the posterior third. Statistical analysis of clinical features revealed no reliable diagnostic pattern.

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