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The Procedure

Recovery Information

Risks

Disclaimers

*Compared to repair group. Joint space narrowing on radiographs (mm), repair vs meniscectomy, 0.16+/-0.53 vs 0.62+/-0.47, p=0.001.
**Three studies, MMPRT repair cohort (18/82; 22%) compared with meniscectomy (41/62;66%) (odds ratio [OR],0.17;95%CI,0.03-0.83); p=0.029.
***Kellgren-Lawrence (mean difference (MD), 0.68; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.21 - 1.16; p = 0.0049; four studies); TKA risk (RR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.11 – 0.49; p = 0.0001; three studies). At mean follow-up of 29-126 months, compared to meniscectomy.

 

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Citations
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