Partial or total meniscectomy: a comparative analysis.
We studied a total of 128 cases of meniscectomy, eighty-nine total and thirty-nine partial, and evaluated the relative postoperative morbidity. The patients who had a partial meniscectomy had a shorter hospital stay and spent less time using crutches. Those with a total meniscectomy had four times the incidence of major postoperative complications. Partial meniscectomy gave better subjective functional results and better anatomical results in all the criteria studied.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007902:Length of Stay; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000453:epidemiology