Co-author and state adjunct professor Teppo Järvinen, of the Helsinki University Central Hospital, says:
"Based on these results, we should question the current line of treatment according to which patients with knee pain attributed to a degenerative meniscus tear are treated with partial removal of the meniscus, as it seems clear that instead of surgery, the treatment of such patients should hinge on exercise and rehabilitation."
Earlier this year, an important discovery about knee anatomy made its mark when knee surgeons in Belgium for the first time described a new knee ligament called the anterolateral ligament (ALL).