The Meniscus plays a role in stabilizing (secondary) knee joints by load transmission and reducing the contact stresses on knee joint cartilage. Meniscal tear more commonly involves the young patient and may be associated with ligament injuries. Meniscal injury also can be associated with some congenital anomaly. The meniscus injury treatment is challenging and most commonly treated with excision.

The word 'robot' is derived from the Polish word "robota," which means forced labor. It describes a machine that carries out various tasks either automatically or with minimal external input, especially one that is programmable. There are two main types of robotic surgery systems: haptic and autonomous. Haptic or tactile systems allow the surgeon to use or drive the robot to perform a surgical procedure.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulting from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has radically transformed every as- pect of daily life. Since the COVID–19 outbreak, many countries have reported decreasing num- bers of hospital visits3. The Austrian, Chinese, Ita- lian, and many other contries health centers re- port downward trends in the number of hospital visits, even in emergency cases. Moreover, US centers have reported that emergency depart- ment visits dropped more than 50% during this pandemic.

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Hip & Knee Journal, the official journal for Indonesian Hip and Knee Society. We aim to publish peer-reviewed papers on the topic of adult reconstruction, sports medicine, trauma and general biology surrounding the hip and knee, from basic to advanced. 

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