Abstracts tagged "meniscus"

Abstract Number: 2800 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Five Year Structural Changes in Patients with Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis from an RCT of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy vs. Physical Therapy
Swastina Shrestha¹, Jeffrey Katz ², Elena Losina ³ and Jamie Collins ⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Meniscal tear is an independent risk factor of structural progression in OA; Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) is also associated with progression, though it is…
Abstract Number: 1816 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Five-Year Outcome of Operative and Nonoperative Management of Meniscal Tear in the Presence of Osteoarthritic Changes
Jeffrey N. Katz¹, Swastina Shrestha², Elena Losina³, Lisa A. Mandl⁴, Bruce Levy⁵, Kurt Spindler⁶ and Jamie E. Collins⁷, ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While recent trials have examined short-term (~ 2 year) outcomes of surgical and nonoperative treatment of meniscal tear in the setting of osteoarthritis there…
Abstract Number: 2756 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Effect of Baseline and Change in Effusion-Synovitis on Cartilage Damage over 18 Months in Patients with Osteoarthritis and Meniscal Tear
Lindsey A. MacFarlane¹, Heidi Y. Yang², Jamie E. Collins³, Mohamed Jarraya⁴, Ali Guermazi⁵, Lisa A. Mandl⁶, Elena Losina³ and Jeffrey N. Katz⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Musculoskeletal Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovitis is a common feature in meniscal tear (MT) and osteoarthritis (OA). Synovitis has been associated with progression of cartilage damage in persons with…
Abstract Number: 1022 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
The Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis after Arthroscopic Meniscus Repair Vs Partial Meniscectomy Vs the General Population
Martin Englund¹, Aleksandra Turkiewicz², Dan Bergkvist³, Paul Neuman⁴ and Fredrik Persson⁴, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopedics, Lund, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopedics, Lund, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Orthopedics, Malmoe, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Traumatic meniscus injury is associated with increased risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of meniscus repair, beyond short time symptom relief and…
Abstract Number: 327 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Relation of Plasma Vitamin K Status to Meniscal Pathology in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jia Liu¹, Martin Englund², Sarah Booth³, David T. Felson⁴, Michael C. Nevitt⁵, Cora E. Lewis⁶, James Torner⁷, Anyu Hu⁸ and Tuhina Neogi⁴, ¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³HRNCA, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Iowa, UIowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Vitamin K is an essential cofactor in bone and cartilage mineralization. Low serum vitamin K has been associated with increased prevalence of hand…
Abstract Number: 205 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Natural History and Clinical Significance of Meniscal Tears over 8 Years in a Largely Non-Osteoarthritic Cohort
Hussain Ijaz Khan¹, Dawn Aitken¹, Changhai Ding², Leigh Blizzard³, Jean-Pierre Pelletier⁴, Johanne Martel-Pelletier⁴, Flavia Cicutinni⁵ and Graeme Jones², ¹Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7000, Australia, ²Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ³Statistics, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, ⁴Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Meniscal tears are a key player in knee osteoarthritis (OA) and family history of the disease has been shown to play an important role.…