Arthroscopic management of discoid meniscu

Abstract

Objective To study the shape, treatment and results of discoid meniscus injuries in adolescents under arthroscopy.Methods The discoid meniscus diagnosed of 38 cases(9 -30 years, 17 years old on average) have been the operation of repairing and plasty by arthroscopy.The preoperotive and postoperative effectiveness analysis was followed up 13 to 24 months (mean, 16 months) in adolescents.Results The preoperative main symptoms all disappeared with no other complicating disease.All the injured meniscus reached clinical healing by MRI 3 months later.There was significant difference in the ayerage Lysholm score of all patients between preoperative ( 54 ± 4 ) and ( 87 ± 4 ) postoperative ( P ＜0.01 ).Conclusions In adolescents arthroscopic discoid meniscus repairing and plasty can get a good effect.It is better to chose this method to treat discoid meniscus injury in adolescents. Key words: Arthroscope ; Discoid meniscus ; Repairing ; Plasty ;