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NCT Number: NCT04313569

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Knee Pain Chronic

Age range

40 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Sherwan Hamawandi

Erbil, 44001, Iraq

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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.

Exclusion criteria

  • 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.

Treatment and study plan

Arthroscopic menisctomy

Procedure

Arthroscopic medial menisctomy

Primary outcomes

  1. Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale

    Time frame: 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.

  2. Visual analogue score

    Time frame: 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hawler Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Mar 18, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 20, 2020

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