Bucket-handle Tear is a common meniscal injury. Meniscectomy and and excision of the bucket-handle tear are known as two methods to treat this conditions. The article describe you in purpose of what two
methods of treatment in order to determine which is better.
This is a case for conservative surgery journal instead of comparating method’s results for bucket-handle tears of the medial menisci. Accordingly, even the bucket-handle tear is a common meniscal injury, but it controversy remains as it should be treated by excition or by total meniscectomy.
The controversion of treatments really happened in the discussions chapter, as there are many referrences study that point to the trial’s result stated there are no significant differences between those two methods. It is difficult to draw firm conclusion when assessing long term functional results, then a final judgment of the best methods could only derive from prospective trial regarding which methods were standardized, according to this article.
The Journal was writtten by AO Cargil and JP Jackson from Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Nottinghamshire. See complete journal of What Better Treatments to Assess Bucket-Handle Tear? in PDF filetype available to download (source: ejbjs.org)

