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Arthroscopic meniscectomy: A follow-up report

Arthroscopy Service, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York

Barton Nisonson, MD

Arthroscopy Service, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York

Eighty patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscec tomy were interviewed and examined 12 to 24 months postoperatively. Twenty-seven (34%) of the patients rated their knees as normal, and 46 (58%) of the patients rated their knees as improved. Seventy-nine percent of the patients were pain free at the time of followup. Patients with poor results were likely to have significant degenerative disease or instability. Sixty-five percent of the patients returned to their original sport. Factors limiting patients' return to sports after menis cectomy included instability, patellofemoral disease, and degenerative arthritis.

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