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Apr 30, 2026

Partial Meniscectomy Knee Surgery Shows No Benefit and May Be Harmful in 10-Year Follow-Up Study

A 10-year follow-up of the FIDELITY placebo-surgery controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that partial meniscectomy, one of the world's most common knee surgeries, does not improve patient symptoms or function.

Apr 30, 2026·1 source
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  • ▪The FIDELITY study randomized patients with degenerative meniscal tears to undergo either partial meniscectomy or sham surgery.
  • ▪Raine Sihvonen is a Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology and a principal investigator of the FIDELITY study.
  • ▪The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has continued to endorse partial meniscectomy surgery.

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