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Meniscal Cysts

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The incidence of meniscal cyst is low. In case of symptomatic meniscal cysts, MRI is recommended in order to evaluate both the cyst and the adjacent meniscus. Asymptomatic meniscal cyst does not require treatment. The injection of steroids into the cyst should not be recommended, because it is rather an interim treatment and shows a high failure rate.

Symptomatic meniscal cysts require arthroscopy for treatment of the meniscal pathology, but preservation of the meniscus should be the primary aim. Drainage of the cyst, which can be done arthroscopically or by open resection, is obligatory in addition.

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  1. Département de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, CHU de Caen, U1075 COMETE UCBN/INSERM, UFR de Médecine, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Avenue de la Côte de Nacre, 14033, Caen Cedex, France

    Christophe Hulet MD, Pr

  2. Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    S. Kopf

  3. Département de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, CHU de Caen, U1075 COMETE UCBN/INSERM, UFR de Médecine, Avenue de la Côte de Nacre, Caen Cedex 5, 14033, France

    Goulven Rochcongar MD

  4. Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital Brandenburg, Medical University “Theodor Fontane”, Hochstrasse 26, Brandenburg, 14770, Germany

    Becker Roland MD

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Hulet, C., Kopf, S., Rochcongar, G., Roland, B. (2016). Meniscal Cysts. In: Hulet, C., Pereira, H., Peretti, G., Denti, M. (eds) Surgery of the Meniscus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49188-1_24

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