title: [Our 2-year experience with diagnostic arthroscopy of the knee joint].
abstract: The authors performed 200 arthroscopic examinations of the knee joint from April 1986 through March 1988. A suspected lesion of medial meniscus (in 52.5%) was the most frequent indication for the examination. Chondromalatia of patella was the most frequent arthroscopic finding (in 50.5% of examinations), two thirds of these findings were clinically inapparent. The ratio of arthroscopic findings of damage on the medial and lateral meniscus was 1.5:1. The lesions of medial meniscus were more frequently erroneously diagnosed clinically (32.4%), than the lateral meniscus lesions (25%), whereas the rupture of lateral meniscus was a more frequent accidental finding (19%) as compared with medial meniscus (11%). In 35% of cases the diagnostic arthroscopy saved the patient a useless revision of the joint. Reliability of the arthroscopic findings evaluated according to subsequent revisions proved to be 90.7%.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Haltuch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Král
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Nase dvouleté zkusenosti s diagnostickou artroskopií kolenního kloubu.