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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 62-B, Issue 1, 7-11
Copyright © 1980 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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

J Noble and K Erat

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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