保留半月板的预后好于手术切除

 
 
一项新研究主要研究了膝关节症状性骨关节炎(OA)患者保留半月板的完整和功能对患者的意义，结果发现保留半月板要比手术切除的预后要好。

在膝症状性骨关节炎，软骨丧失会受到膝关节损伤、肥胖和衰老的影响。半月板切除术后出现膝骨关节炎的症状，手术切除所有的受损半月板是相当常见的手术，传统上被认为是关节损伤需要采用手术治疗。

Preserving Meniscus May Be Better Than Surgery
 
A new study sheds light on the critical importance of an intact and functioning meniscus for patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and finds that the trend is to preserve the meniscus rather than remove it by surgery.

In knee OA, cartilage loss is influenced by knee injury, obesity, and age. The onset of knee OA after meniscectomy, the surgical removal of all or part of a torn meniscus, is fairly common and traditionally considered a result of the joint injury that led to the operation in the first place.