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Discoid lateral meniscus
1Département de Chirurgie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Discoid meniscus is uncommon and usually affects the lateral meniscus. We present 16 patients (8 male and 6 female) with tears of a discoid lateral meniscus occurring in 1800 arthroscopies. We carried out an arthroscopic partial meniscectomy leaving an intact peripheral rim. This is biomechanically satisfactory and the early results are encouraging.