Meniscectomy
Background
Meniscectomy
- resect 30%
- increases contact pressures 3.5 x
- shock absorbing capacity reduced to 20% normal
Results of partial & total meniscectomy are very poor in children
- meniscectomy in children is a last resort
- repair amenable tears
- treat others non-operatively
- only real indication for meniscectomy is locked knee not amenable to repair