Evaluation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Arthroscopy of the Knee Joints

Aim: To evaluate the suspected cases of knee injuries and to rule out meniscal tears. & to perform diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy of knee joints joints after documenting the meniscal tears and on MRI and correlating these findings. Methodology: A prospective nonrandomized study was conducted on 30 traumatic meniscal injuries patients who had fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Those who enrolled as said in inclusion criteria were all patients with history of injury of knee who underwent both MRI and arthroscopy. Arthroscopy was carried out under spinal anaesthesia under pneumatic tourniquet control under all aseptic precaution. Results: It was found that 9 cases had parrot beak tear, 7 cases had bucket handle tear, 7 cases had parrot beak and 6 had radial tear respectively. 4 cases had frayed edge and circumferential tear respectively. Meniscal balancing was done in 13 cases, meniscal repair was done in 11 cases and 6 cases had menisectomy. Conclusion: Arthroscopy can be a useful tool in diagnosing the lesion and its type and canprove to be more beneficial in therapy.