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JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages 934-942Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22010
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partial meniscectomy; contact pressure; circumferential strain; meniscus; knee
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [DU254/5-1]
- Rudolf and Clothilde Eberhardt foundation
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We examined the influence of partial meniscectomy of 10?mm width on 10 human cadaveric knee joints, as it is performed during the treatment of radial tears in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus, on maximum contact pressure, contact area (CA), and meniscal hoop strain in the lateral and medial knee compartments. In case of 0 degrees and 30 degrees flexion angle, 20% and 50% partial meniscectomy did not influence maximum contact pressure and area. Only in case of 60 degrees knee flexion, 50% partial resection increased medial maximum contact pressure and decreased the medial CA statistically significant. However, 100% partial resection increased maximum contact pressure and decreased CA significantly in the meniscectomized medial knee compartment in all tested knee positions. No significant differences were noted for meniscal hoop strain. From a biomechanical point of view, our in vitro study suggests that the medial joint compartment is not in danger of accelerated cartilage degeneration up to a resection limit of 20% meniscal depth and 10?mm width. Contact mechanics are likely to be more sensitive to partial meniscectomy at higher flexion angles, which has to be further investigated. (c) 2011 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 30:934942, 2012
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