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Review reveals an increased risk of chondral injury and osteoarthritis following untreated meniscal tears, highlighting a critical need for controlled long-term studies.
There are few long-term data on untreated meniscal tears or discoid meniscus, or tears in children and adolescents. The literature suggests that there is a higher incidence of chondral injury and subsequent osteoarthritis, but there are many confounding variables which are not controlled for in these relatively short-term papers.
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