many patients with osteoarthritis can be managed by conservative treatment while others require total knee replacement or proximal tibial osteotomy. These surgical proecedures carry a reasonally high rate rate of success in the management of
osteoarthritis of the knee, but open surgery carries with itis signficant risks. More recently, artyhroscopic surgery has been used in the treatment of osteoarthritis of knee with the procedure of substantial pain reduction. Although it provides
improvement, debridement alone has not been shown to stimulated healing of articular cartilage deffect. Therefore, a means of effecting cartilage repair, like drilling or abrasion arthroplasty, was used. This review is conducted to determine the
results
of arthroscopic debridement for osteoarthritis and to attempt to define its role in the management of the osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthroscopic debridement is palliative and not curative, but it could be an appealing alternative to or
postoned,
total
knee arthroplasty or high tibial osteotomy.
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