title: [Arthroscopy in the treatment of traumatic meniscal injuries].
abstract: The author studied 348 patients with traumatic lesions of the meniscus submitted to arthroscopic meniscectomy after a follow-up of at least two years. The author correlates the different data and concludes that an arthroscopic meniscectomy produces good results in more than 80% of patients with a minimal number of complications.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Camanho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries
vernacular_title: Artroscopia no tratamento das lesões meniscais traumáticas.