%0 Journal Article
%T Lesiones de menisco en pacientes con osteoartritis de la rodilla
%A ¨¢lvarez L¨®pez
%A Alejandro
%A Garc¨ªa Lorenzo
%A Yenima
%A Ortega Gonz¨¢lez
%A Carlos
%A Guillen de la Rosa
%A Rafael
%J Revista Archivo M£¿£¿dico de Camag£¿£¿ey
%D 2012
%I Centro Provincial de Informaci¨®n de Ciencias M¨¦dicas de Camag¨¹ey
%X introduction: meniscus lesions of knee in patients with osteoarthritis are very common, showed by henderson¡äs triad, thereby further limiting the movement of knee joint. development: a literature review was conducted with regard to the following aspects: normal biochemical composition of meniscus, alterations that suffer during the degenerative joint process of knee, cause-effect relationship between meniscus and presence of osteoarthritis. finally it is mentioned the treatment via arthroscopy and authors¡ä own outcomes with reference to citations from international authors. conclusions: meniscus lesions have different behavior in patients with osteoarthritis of knee. the result of surgical treatment via arthroscopy constitutes a source of good prognosis and the absence or decrease of meniscal tissue increases the progression of degenerative joint disease of knee.
%K menisci
%K tibial
%K osteoarthritis
%K knee
%K arthroscopy
%K review literature as topic.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1025-02552012000300012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en