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lesions has been moved into focus not only by many surgeons but also by the health authorities. The current issue deals exclusively with the most recent knowledge of the pathology, diagnostics and management of meniscal lesions. Until the 1990s, meniscal lesions were generally treated by total or partial meniscectomy, as the importance of the meniscus in terms of joint protection was still not well understood. This has changed primarily as a result of the development of arthroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Nowadays, an extensive knowledge of the meniscus and its importance to the healthy knee is available. Along with technical developments, arthroscopic meniscectomy has become a great success, as a result of three main factors:
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