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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 62-B, Issue 1 | Pages 7 - 11
1 Feb 1980
Noble J Erat K

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.