A commonly practiced form of surgery for knee osteoarthritis may actually worsen the condition, a new study from Finland ...

A common knee operation meant to erase the nagging pain of a torn meniscus has just failed its longest and toughest test.

A medical study reveals that standard knee surgery yielded worse results after 10 years than a placebo procedure.

The term meniscus comes from the Greek word for "crescent" because of its moon-like shape. This band forms a concave support pad for the thigh bone to rest on. Without the meniscus, you wouldn't be ...