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

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04313569

Enrollment

Registered

2020-03-18

Start date

2017-08-01

Completion date

2019-09-30

Last updated

2020-03-20

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Conditions

Knee Pain Chronic

Keywords

Degenerative meniscal tear, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy, conservative treatment, medial meniscal tear

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.

Interventions

PROCEDUREArthroscopic menisctomy

Arthroscopic medial menisctomy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Arthroscopic meniscectomy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
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.
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

Countries

Iraq

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026