Guhl J F
Am J Sports Med. 1979 Nov-Dec;7(6):328-35. doi: 10.1177/036354657900700604.
In a period of 20 months, over 200 patients (age ranged from high school students to middle-aged persons) with knee injuries were treated by operative arthroscopy. The majority of the injuries were incurred while the patients had been participating in athletic events, either competitive or recreational. Operative arthroscopy offers the advantage of shortened hospital stay, rapid rehabilitation, lack of disfiguring scar, and reduced costs. Patients are followed yearly after the first postoperative year. Improved long-term results from diagnostic and operative arthroscopy, as compared to conventional surgical procedures, are expected. The proof of those expectations will be determined in the next several years as this group of patients requiring partial meniscectomies or procedures for pathologic and degenerative conditions is reevaluated.
在20个月的时间里，超过200名膝关节损伤患者（年龄从高中生到中年人）接受了关节镜手术治疗。大多数损伤是患者在参加竞技或娱乐体育活动时发生的。关节镜手术具有住院时间缩短、康复迅速、无毁容性瘢痕以及成本降低等优点。术后第一年之后，每年对患者进行随访。与传统手术相比，预计诊断性和手术性关节镜检查能带来更好的长期效果。随着对这组需要进行部分半月板切除术或针对病理和退行性疾病进行手术的患者进行重新评估，这些预期的证据将在未来几年得到验证。
