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Abstract
Seventy-six children under 16 years of age (mean age 14.5) underwent diagnostic arthroscopy
of the knee. Seventeen were examined under local anaesthesia as outpatients.
The referring doctors suspected a meniscal lesion in 25 cases, but in only 6 of these
was the diagnosis confirmed. The surgeon's diagnosis was verified in 9 out of 31 cases;
unsuspected lesions of both menisci in one knee make a total of 10 patients with meniscal
lesions (10 knees, 11 menisci). The most frequent lesion found was rupture of the
anterior cruciate ligament (12).
Because of the arthroscopy, three minor meniscal lesions could be observed without
treatment, and no menisci were totally removed. In two cases an arthrotomy would have
been done on the wrong side of the knee if the operation had not been preceded by
arthroscopy. Fifteen arthroscopic operations were done but only three for meniscal
lesions.
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Publication history
Accepted:
September 11,
1985
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© 1986 Published by Elsevier Inc.
