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The surgical treatment of meniscal tears has evolved from open total meniscectomy for all lesions to arthroscopic meniscal preservation techniques. The better understanding of the function (shock absorption, stability, force transmission) [11], vascularity [5], as well as the knowledge of degenerative articular changes after meniscectomy [8, 16] led to various surgical procedures to manage a meniscus tear. Meniscectomy (as partial as possible), meniscus repair, meniscus tear left alone without treatment, and meniscal replacement are the therapeutic options available in the management of meniscus injuries, in order to leave the maximum of functional meniscus tissue in place [6, 18, 29].

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles-Saint Quentin University, 177, rue de Versailles, Le Chesnay, 78157, France

    Nicolas Pujol MD

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  1. Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Unit INSERM, Normandy University, Caen university Hos, Caen, France

    Christophe Hulet

  2. Orthopedic Department, Centro Hospitalar Póvoa de Varzim –Vila, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal

    Helder Pereira

  3. University of Milan, Dpt. of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Milano, Italy

    Giuseppe Peretti

  4. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Monza, Italy

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Pujol, N. (2016). Synthesis. 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_29

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