Age and Meniscal Extrusion Are Determining Factors of Osteoarthritis Progression after Conservative Treatments for Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Tear.
Young Mo KimYong-Bum JooByung Kuk AnJu-Ho SongPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
About two-fifths of patients who had conservative treatments for MMPRT underwent osteoarthritis progression in the mid to long term. Age and meniscal extrusion were determining factors of osteoarthritis progression. The risk for osteoarthritis progression was decreased when the age of patients was over 63.5 years.