title: Results of meniscectomy for treatment of isolated meniscal injuries: correlation between results and etiology of injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the results of the treatment of patients with isolated meniscal injuries of different etiologies.
  
  
  METHODS
  435 patients of both sexes and different age groups underwent meniscectomy after their isolated meniscal injuries were clinically diagnosed and confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most patients achieved good results and were able to return to the activities they had practiced prior to surgery without major limitations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Meniscectomy for the treatment of traumatic meniscal injury provides better results than meniscectomy for the treatment of degenerative meniscal injury. The results of meniscectomy for the treatment of meniscal injury due to fatigue are similar to those of meniscectomy for the treatment of traumatic meniscal injury, although the risk of osteonecrosis development is higher.
authors: Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. gcamanho@hcnet.usp.br
authors: Gilberto Luis
authors: GL
authors: Camanho
authors: Arnaldo Jose
authors: AJ
authors: Hernandez
authors: Alexandre Carneiro
authors: AC
authors: Bitar
authors: Marcos K
authors: MK
authors: Demange
authors: Luis Fellipe
authors: LF
authors: Camanho