as well as increasing intrasubstance degeneration. The majority of meniscal tears affect the medial meniscus and tend to involve the posterior horn. Meniscal tears are either partial or full ...

3,4 The medial meniscus is the most commonly torn ... Previous standard operative treatment options for degenerative tears presumed to be symptomatic have included arthroscopic partial meniscectomy or ...

An expert panel produced these recommendations based on a linked systematic review triggered by a randomised trial published in The BMJ in June 2016, which found that, among patients with a ...

Degenerative ... should individualize treatment according to a patient’s symptoms, chondral status, tear pattern, location, size and presence of associated meniscus cysts.

Grades 1 and 2 signals are consistent with intrasubstance myxoid degeneration ... the medial meniscus. Furthermore, the meniscofemoral ligaments of Humphrey and Wrisberg can mimic a tear in ...