Arthroscopic meniscectomy: a follow-up report.

Eighty patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscectomy were interviewed and examined 12 to 24 months postoperatively. Twenty-seven (34%) of the patients rated their knees as normal, and 46 (58%) of the patients rated their knees as improved. Seventy-nine percent of the patients were pain free at the time of followup. Patients with poor results were likely to have significant degenerative disease or instability. Sixty-five percent of the patients returned to their original sport. Factors limiting patients' return to sports after meniscectomy included instability, patellofemoral disease, and degenerative arthritis.