Short-Term Effects of Discoid Lateral Meniscectomy on the Axial Alignment of the Lower Limb in Adolescents

Abstract

The axial alignment of the lower limb in adolescents (younger than twenty years of age) with a torn discoid lateral meniscus was altered immediately after arthroscopic meniscectomy: the varus deformity was significantly reduced, and a valgus inclination developed in some of these patients. The valgus inclination was more pronounced in the patients with a torn discoid lateral meniscus compared with those with a torn nondiscoid lateral meniscus.