Medial meniscal root tears are more frequently diagnosed in patients who are older than 40 years, ... (Outerbridge grade 3 or 4 chondromalacia of the ipsilateral compartment).

The traumatic tears likely represent true avulsions of the posterior horn root attachment of the medial or lateral meniscus (Figure 1). These tears should be repaired in all cases at the time of ...

A torn medial meniscus root can be devastating and by the time of a proper diagnosis, it is often too late for repair surgery. Dorothy Beckett, a 61-year-old professor and runner who took two ...

The specific topic today is Meniscus Root Tears of the knee. The medial meniscus is an important structure that provides stability, dissipates force and assists to provide normal kinematics of the ...

The patients were divided into 3 groups: 239 with damaged medial meniscus, 27 with damaged lateral meniscus, or 8 with both types of injury. Mean (SD) age of the patients with both menisci damaged was ...

New way to evaluate meniscus tear outcomes Date: March 28, 2015 Source: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Summary: An individual’s meniscus (cushion in the knee) is one of ...

The prevalence of a meniscal tear or of meniscal destruction in the right knee as detected on MRI ranged from 19% (95% confidence interval [CI], 15 to 24) among women 50 to 59 years of age to 56% ...

“Lateral meniscus posterior root tears should always be an injury that ACL surgeons look for. Based on our study, surgeons should have an especially high suspicion for these tears in revision cases,” ...

Novak Djokovic Tears Right Medial Meniscus, Withdraws From French Open. ByBruce Y. Lee, ... Now, many meniscal injuries can heal with time, rest, ice and anti-inflammatory medications.

Ten patients were identified for investigation, having undergone a medial meniscus root repair. There were five females and five males in the study group with an average follow-up time of 30 ...