Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN Clinical studies and patient outcomes show many people suffer from long-term pain and accelerated osteoarthritis after meniscectomy. A meniscectomy removes parts or all of the meniscus, the cartilage cushion that leads to bone-on-bone, knee instability, and  stress on the knee joint. Joint instability is a common result of meniscectomy and so is pain Doctors at the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine teamed with the doctors at the Sports Medicine Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York to assess what to do with the patient … Continue reading Long-term pain after meniscus surgery and acceleration of knee osteoarthritis