Meniscus repair is being done more frequently and applied to tear patterns that just a few years ago were thought to be irreparable. However, instrumentation may be expensive and repair techniques ...

A meniscus tear is one of the most common diagnoses in orthopedic surgery, ... meniscal tears often happen in combination with other injuries such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Meniscus posterior horn root tears with associated extrusion have generated considerable interest since their initial description by Pagnani and colleagues. In 2008, Allaire and colleagues ...

While athletes undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery often have an additional meniscus injury, treating these tears at the same time may not be necessary. Research presented today by ...

An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear can be devastating for athletes, but other injuries can accompany ACL tears and may worsen knee instability. A sports medicine expert at Baylor College of ...

The meniscus also plays an important part in maintaining stability. They are the secondary stabilizers of the knee, but become primary stabilizers when there is an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL ...

The tear of the anterior cruciate ligament is one of the most common sports injuries. In young, agile patients, current German and United States guidelines recommend surgical reconstruction of the ...

Objective We synthesised and assessed credibility (ie, trustworthiness) of thresholds that define meaningful scores for patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) following interventions for anterior ...

Objective To estimate knee osteoarthritis (OA) risk following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), meniscus or combined ACL and meniscus injury. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources ...

Neymar suffered tears to his ACL and meniscus in Brazil's 2-0 World Cup qualifying loss at Uruguay on Tuesday, the star striker's club team, Al Hilal, announced Wednesday. "The medical tests ...