Arthroscopic Versus Conservative Treatment of Degenerative Meniscal Tear in Middle Aged Patients in Regard to Pain & Knee Function

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knee Pain Chronic
• Interventions: Procedure: Arthroscopic menisctomy

• Registration Number: NCT04313569
• Lead Sponsor: Hawler Medical University

Brief Summary

The study is prospective comparative study, conducted in Erbil teaching hospital on 60 patients, their age ranging between 40 and 60 years. All were clinically diagnosed to have degenerative medial meniscal tear then confirmed by MRI. Thirty patients were treated conservatively, thirty patients were treated arthroscopically.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-09-01
• Study Completion: 2019-09-30
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-17
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Atraumatic continuous pain in medial aspect of knee affecting daily activities, for more than one month despite the treatment of general physician.
2. Grade 3 degenerative tear of medial meniscus approved on MRI.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Meniscal tear due to trauma.
2. Any rheumatologic knee disease.
3. MRI showing ligament injury, loose bodies, tumors and osteochondral defects.
4. Former surgery of knee and lower limb fractures in the last year.
5. Knee joints with osteoarthritis graded 2 or more according to Kellgren-Lawrence scale (Kellgren and Lawrence, 1957) on weight-bearing knee x-ray.
6. Lateral meniscus tear.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arthroscopic menisctomy	Arthroscopic menisctomy	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogue score	All patients were reviewed and evaluated one year, by Visual Analogue score scales	Ten points Visual Analogue Score scale used in order to meassure the severity of knee pain during the study. Zero meaning no pain while 10 meaning the most severe pain
Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale	All patients were reviewed and evaluated one year, by Lysholm score	Lysholm Knee score scale has (8) parts (swelling, pain, squatting, support, stair climbing, limping, locking and instability). Score of 100 means no problems in knee.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sherwan Hamawandi; 🇮🇶 Erbil, Iraq