April 20, 2016
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VIDEO: No pain relief seen after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in patients with knee pain

BOSTON — At the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Teppo L.N. Järvinen, MD, PhD, discussed a study which compared arthroscopic partial meniscectomy with Sham surgery for patients with knee pain due to degenerative meniscus tears. He said arthroscopic partial meniscectomy does not relieve mechanical symptoms in patients any better than Sham surgery.