一項(xiàng)新研究主要研究了膝關(guān)節(jié)癥狀性骨關(guān)節(jié)炎(OA)患者保留半月板的完整和功能對(duì)患者的意義，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)保留半月板要比手術(shù)切除的預(yù)后要好。

在膝癥狀性骨關(guān)節(jié)炎，軟骨喪失會(huì)受到膝關(guān)節(jié)損傷、肥胖和衰老的影響。半月板切除術(shù)后出現(xiàn)膝骨關(guān)節(jié)炎的癥狀，手術(shù)切除所有的受損半月板是相當(dāng)常見的手術(shù)，傳統(tǒng)上被認(rèn)為是關(guān)節(jié)損傷需要采用手術(shù)治療。

Preserving Meniscus May Be Better Than Surgery
 
A new study sheds light on the critical importance of an intact and functioning meniscus for patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and finds that the trend is to preserve the meniscus rather than remove it by surgery.

In knee OA, cartilage loss is influenced by knee injury, obesity, and age. The onset of knee OA after meniscectomy, the surgical removal of all or part of a torn meniscus, is fairly common and traditionally considered a result of the joint injury that led to the operation in the first place.