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International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) scores were collected preoperatively and at follow-up. We calculated the proportions of patients meeting Patient Acceptable Symptomatic State (PASS) cutoffs for the IKDC, compared baseline and follow-up IKDC scores and the proportions of patients meeting PASS cutoffs, and examined the association between demographic and injury variables and outcomes. Forty patients were eligible to be included in this study (mean age\u2009=\u200952.1 years; mean follow-up time\u2009=\u20093.7 years), and baseline IKDC data were available for 30 patients. The mean IKDC score at baseline was 42.6\u2009\u00b1\u200914.9, compared to 70.4\u2009\u00b1\u200922.4 at follow-up (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). At baseline, 13% of the cohort met the PASS cutoff for the IKDC. The proportion of the cohort meeting the IKDC PASS significantly increased at follow-up to 70% (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Longer postsurgery time was associated with lower IKDC scores at follow-up (R\n               2\u2009=\u200912.7%; p\u2009=\u20090.02) and with lower odds of meeting IKDC PASS at follow-up (OR\u2009=\u20090.57; p\u2009=\u20090.04). Higher preoperative body mass index was associated with lower IKDC scores at follow-up (R\n               2\u2009=\u200910.2%; p\u2009=\u20090.04). No patients reported cyst recurrence or need for surgical revision. This arthroscopic technique, utilizing two posteromedial portals, expansion of the valvular mechanism, and cyst wall resection, demonstrates good clinical outcomes at a mean follow-up of 3.7 years in a cohort of 40 patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The level of evidence is IV (case series).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2756-0573","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,28]],"date-time":"2025-11-28T00:51:24Z","timestamp":1764291084000},"page":"364-369","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Arthroscopic Popliteal Cyst Excision: Technique and Outcomes with 2-Year Follow-Up"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"39","author":[{"given":"E. 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