Study Proves If Your Over Forty Your Knee Will Be Worse Off After Undergoing Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Forty-nine patients who were more than forty years old when medial meniscectomy (arthroscopic surgery to remove the medial meniscus due to a tear) was performed returned for follow-up evaluation one to twelve years postoperatively. Pain was present in 62.2 % of patients who underwent surgery to ‘clean out’ degenerative tears (tears due to arthritis), and in 75% of those who underwent surgery to ‘clean out’ traumatic tears (tears due to injury).

The medial (inner) joint space was significantly thinner in patients with degenerative tears versus those with traumatic tears.

The x-ray findings of osteoarthritis were significantly more severe on the side operated on.

The angle of the knee was relatively more ‘bow legged’ on the surgically treated knee (mean, 5.3 degrees) versus the knee that did not undergo surgery.

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Jones-RE; Smith-EC; Reisch-JS J-Bone-Joint-Surg-Am. Effects of medial meniscectomy in patients older than forty years. 1978 Sep; 60(6): 783-6.