Arthroscopic Versus Conservative Treatment of Degenerative Meniscal Tear in Middle Aged Patients in Regard to Pain & Knee Function: Comparative Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Visual analogue score
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Atraumatic continuous pain in medial aspect of knee affecting daily activities, for more than one month despite the treatment of general physician.
- •Grade 3 degenerative tear of medial meniscus approved on MRI.
排除标准
- •Meniscal tear due to trauma.
- •Any rheumatologic knee disease.
- •MRI showing ligament injury, loose bodies, tumors and osteochondral defects.
- •Former surgery of knee and lower limb fractures in the last year.
- •Knee joints with osteoarthritis graded 2 or more according to Kellgren-Lawrence scale (Kellgren and Lawrence, 1957) on weight-bearing knee x-ray.
- •Lateral meniscus tear.
结局指标
主要结局
Visual analogue score
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sherwan Ahmed Ali Hamawandi
Assistant professor of orthopedic surgery
Hawler Medical University