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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 Arthroscopic treatment of knee meniscus injury report of the efficacy of Of: Zhang Li, Gui Kam-chiu, Li-Ming Wang, Song Huarong [Keywords:] arthroscopic knee meniscus injury The treatment of meniscus injury in the past that the poor blood supply of the meniscus, difficult to repair after trauma, only surgical resection is the only cure. But after meniscectomy knee load conduction disturbances produced, leading to early degenerative knee The problem is made increasingly attracted attention in recent ten years, to retain the original function of the meniscus in addition to improving clinical symptoms has become more important than therapeutic purposes. our department from September 2004 to March 2008 on 48 patients with knee joint implementation of the arthroscopic treatment of meniscus injury, is the efficacy of this group of patients are summarized below. 1 Clinical data and methods 1.1 General Information The group, 48 patients (56 knees), 21 males and 27 females, aged 14 to 76 years, average 59.3 years old. Left knee in 18 cases, 22 cases of right knee, knees in 8 cases. Duration of 10 d before surgery ~ 8 years. have the history of knee pain and varying degrees of quadriceps atrophy, of which 23 cases had a clear history of trauma, 20 cases of petrified symptoms, 26 patients with the history of the relevant section of twist, 13 patients had claudication, 10 patients had limited flexion and extension activity, 34 cases of knee X-ray film, see the gap narrowing. preoperative mean Lysholm knee score (42 + -8.4) points. 1.2 endoscopic surgical methods and see epidural anesthesia, a tourniquet on the limb, the former general to take in and anterolateral, into the lens and auxiliary equipment. First do a comprehensive examination of the knee, the condition assessment, Learn the location and type of meniscus injury, and intra-articular synovium, fat pad, ligaments lesions, with or without intra-articular loose bodies and so