One meniscus is on the inside of your knee; this is the medial meniscus. The other meniscus rests on the outside of your knee, the lateral meniscus. ... Meniscus repair and meniscal transplantation are also surgical treatment options. Determining the most appropriate meniscus tear treatment is something you can discuss with...
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"Arthroscopic Medial Meniscus Repair" This is a video of an actual surgery preformed by Dr. Alan M Reznik for a medial meniscus tear. The patient i...
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Knee Arthroscopy with All-Inside Medial Meniscus Repair.
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Arthroscopic surgery is the standard outpatient treatment to repair a meniscus tear. Meniscus tears typically occur in sports that require fast starts, stops, cuts and pivots. The medial meniscus (near the inside of the knee) is most commonly torn.
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; FIGURE 1a - Basic knee anatomy, demonstrating the location of the medial (inner) meniscus and lateral (outer) meniscus. ... When meniscus repair is not possible or practical, surgically removing either acutely (freshly) torn or chronically broken-down meniscal tissue with an arthroscope usually provides satisfactory...
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Figure 3: Torn medial meniscus with fragment located at peripheral aspect of joint. ... The most commonly performed surgical procedures on the knee include a meniscectomy (removal of the meniscus), meniscal repair, and ligament reconstruction.
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The medial meniscus is more prone to injury than the lateral meniscus as it is connected to the medial collateral ligament and the joint capsule and so is less mobile. Hence, any forces impacting from the outer surface of the knee, such as ...
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PURPOSE: To evaluate by second-look arthroscopy the clinical results of arthroscopic all-inside sutures with hook using 2 posteromedial portals for medial meniscus posterior horn (MMPH) tears in patients who underwent concurrent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15525926
We developed an effective arthroscopic pullout technique for repairing complete radial tears of the tibial attachment site of the medial meniscus posterior horn (MMPH). ... 2 Ethibond suture is placed through the meniscus, through the red-red zone, 3 to 5 mm medial to the torn edge of the MMPH, and the other is passed...
www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16848058
I had arthroscopic surgery for a large medial meniscus tear and some arthritis. 1 week after surgery, I was walking without assistance, with a small limp. Dr. said I was doing remarkably well...I`m able to bend my knee completely and it is very flexible.
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