title: Arthroscopy in children.
abstract: Arthroscopy was performed on the knees of 67 children aged 2-16 years with an overall clinical diagnostic accuracy of 45%. The most common clinical diagnoses were meniscal tear and patello-femoral pain and the accuracy of these diagnoses was 33% and 59% respectively. Diagnostic accuracy seemed unrelated to age. Arthroscopy led to definitive treatment which relieved symptoms in 21 (31%) of cases, revealed a diagnosis only in 43 (64%), and was non-contributory in 3 (4.5%). The procedure did not significantly help patients with patello-femoral pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hope
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology