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How to manage the patient with a degenerative meniscal tear? Prof Mark Hutchinson (USA)

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Nov 13, 2015
Guest Prof Mark Hutchinson, an international leader in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, discusses the management of patients with degenerative meniscal tears. He emphasizes the importance of a broad clinical workup and highlights that arthroscopy does not improve outcomes in arthritic knees. Mechanical symptoms may warrant a surgical referral, but most orthopaedic surgeons recommend conservative management. Surgery should be considered as a second-line treatment.
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