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Overview and Treatment of Torn Meniscus A meniscus is a type of cartilage that exists in your knee joint. There are two menisci in your knee; each rests between the thigh bone (femur) and shin bone (tibia). The meniscus is made of tough cartilage and conforms to the surfaces of the bones upon which they rest.
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- Torn meniscus facts. 1  The knee is the largest joint in the body. 2  Cartilage within the knee joint helps protect the joint from the stresses placed on it from walking, running, climbing, and bending. 3  The medial and lateral menisci are two large C-shaped cartilages that are positioned on the top of the tibia.
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Cartilage of the Knee A meniscus is a piece of cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between bones. It stabilizes the joints by evenly distributing the load across the joint area. In the knee, the crescent-shaped menisci are in between the ends of the upper (femur) and lower (tibia) leg bones.artilage is a type of firm, thick, slippery tissue that coats the ends of bones where they meet with other bones to form a joint.
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- Surgery Overview. A meniscus tear is a common injury to the cartilage that stabilizes and cushions the knee joint. The type of the tear can determine whether your tear can be repaired. Radial tears sometimes can be repaired, depending on where they are located.
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LoginCall Us:  (800) 779-3372Store Locator The meniscus is the shock absorbing cartilage in the center of your knee. Traumatic Causes. A sudden hit to the outside of the knee area may cause a tear to the meniscus. Degenerative. Over time the meniscus may deteriorate or soften, increasing the likelihood of injury. In this case, a sudden twist or turn may cause injury. Treatment.
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Meniscus Tear Occasionally, partial meniscectomy (cleaning up the frayed or torn part of the meniscus) or, more rarely, meniscus repair can be performed. The choice of operation depends largely on the exact geometry of the tear and where it is located.
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Meniscus Tear of the Knee There are two menisci in each knee joint. They can be damaged or torn during activities that put pressure on or rotate the knee joint. Taking a hard tackle on the football field or a sudden pivot on the basketball court can result in a meniscus tear. You don’t have to be an athlete to get a meniscus tear, though.
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Knee Surgery in India Meniscectomy is the official name of the surgery that involves the removal of a portion of the meniscus cartilage from the knee joint. The meniscus is a shock-absorbing wedge of cartilage that sits between the bone ends to provide cushioning and support.
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- 1 Cartilage within the knee joint helps protect the joint from the stresses placed on it from walking, running, climbing, and bending. 2  A torn meniscus occurs because of trauma caused by forceful twisting or hyper-flexing of the knee joint.  Symptoms of a torn meniscus include knee pain, swelling, popping, and giving way.
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- A meniscus tear is a common injury to the cartilage that stabilizes and cushions the knee joint. The type of the tear can determine whether your tear can be repaired. Radial tears sometimes can be repaired, depending on where they are located.
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Frayed or Torn Meniscus: When Surgery May Be Necessary The meniscus is a round piece of cartilage that is attached to the knee joint from its periphery (the outer edge). The blood supply to the outer edge of the meniscus is good, but there is little blood that gets to the central part of the meniscus. Therefore, tears extending into the center of the meniscus also have a poor ability to heal, with or without surgery.
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Meniscus Tear and Torn Knee Cartilage There are two meniscus located in the knee joint between the femur (thigh bone) and the tibia (shin bone). The picture on the right is a front-on view of the bones, tendons and ligaments that make up the right knee.
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Complex Meniscus Tears Injuries The menisci are c-shaped pads located on the outer (lateral) and inner (medial) of the knee. This meniscal pad sits on top of the tibia bone and forms a concave surface for the rounded ends of the femur bone to rest on. This meniscus acts like a suction cup to hold the tibia and femur bones together in the joint.
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What Does a Torn Meniscus Mean? The meniscus is a cushion of cartilage that exists between the femur bone and the tibia bone that provides a shock absorbing function within the knee joint. There's typically two menisci one on the inside part of the knee as well as one on the outside part of the knee. One of the most common injuries to the meniscus is a meniscal tear where the shock absorbers or cushions of cartilage are torn. There are many different kinds of tears of meniscus depending on the mechanism of injury.
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Meniscal Cyst Is a Knee Joint Injury A meniscal cyst is an outpouching of joint fluid caused by a tear within the meniscus cartilage. Meniscal cysts are most commonly seen near the lateral meniscus (outside of the knee) and are associated with a specific type of meniscal tear called a horizontal cleavage tear.
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Knee A meniscus tear can be repaired through arthroscopic surgery. A torn meniscus causes pain and swelling, and may also be accompanied by a frequently locking joint and the inability to completely straighten the knee. Some people experience a popping or clicking sensation within the knee as well.
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Knee Arthroscopic Meniscectomy Surgery Cost of Knee Meniscectomy in USA vs Abroad. The cost of knee meniscectomy overseas in countries like India and Mexico is a third of the cost in the United States. Hence, patients from the US who cannot afford expensive knee surgery in the US are opting for medical trips to these countries.
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- Duer Yoa (Born December 26, 1989) is a Sudanese born cross country and road runner living in Ballarat, Australia. He became the first Sudanese runner to represent Australia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships when he competed at the 2008 event in Edinburgh.Yoa came third at the Australian national under-20 championship and won the under-20 Victoria cross country and road events. He is sponsored by Adidas.e became the first Sudanese runner to represent Australia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships when he competed at the 2008 event in Edinburgh. Yoa came third at the Australian national under-20 championship and won the under-20 Victoria cross country and road events.
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Medial and Lateral Meniscus Tears Print. The menisci-the medial meniscus and lateral meniscus-are crescent-shaped bands of thick, rubbery cartilage attached to the shinbone (tibia). They act as shock absorbers and stabilize the knee. The medial meniscus is on the inner side of the knee joint. The lateral meniscus is on the outside of the knee. Meniscus tears can vary widely in size and severity. A meniscus can be split in half, ripped around its circumference in the shape of a C or left hanging by a thread to the knee joint.
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Tear of meniscus A tear of a meniscus is a rupturing of one or more of the fibrocartilage strips in the knee called menisci. When doctors and patients refer to torn cartilage in the knee, they actually may be referring to an injury to a meniscus at the top of one of the tibiae.
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Top 30 Doctor insights on: Torn Meniscus Exercises To Avoid What is a meniscus tear? A meniscus tear is a common knee injury. The meniscus is a rubbery, C-shaped disc that cushions your knee. Each knee has two menisci (plural of meniscus)-one at the outer edge of the knee and one at the inner edge. The menisci keep your knee steady by balancing your weight across the knee. A torn meniscus can prevent your knee from working right.
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Anatomy Discoid Meniscus. The meniscus is a wedge-shaped piece of cartilage that sits in between the bones of the knee and acts as a cushion to protect the bones during movement. Each knee has two menisci. Healthy menisci are shaped like crescent moons (in fact, meniscus comes from the Greek word for crescent).
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Preserving and protecting knee cartilage There are actually two menisci in each knee, one on the inner side of the knee and the other on the outer side. The meniscus is not attached to bone like articular cartilage, but rather it sits in the knee between the thigh bone and the shin bone.
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MRI Web Clinic â February 2008 (3a) A fat-suppressed proton density-weighted axial image through the knee joint demonstrates the C-shaped menisci. Not the symmetrical shape of the lateral meniscus (red outline) and the asymmetry of the medial meniscus (blue outline), where the posterior horn (asterisk) is significantly larger than the anterior horn.
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Location and Types of Meniscus Tears Because a good blood supply is critical in healing, location of the tear impacts its ability to heal. A meniscus tear on the outer part of the meniscus and knee joint will receive a good supply of blood, which greatly enhances the ability of the tear to heal.
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Posterior Horn Medial Meniscus Tears People can suffer tears of the meniscus because of trauma, sports injuries or the meniscus can tear simply because it wore out. By far, the most common location for a tear is in the back, and on the inner or medial side of the knee — that is the area we call the posterior horn of the medial meniscus.he meniscus is a “c”-shaped cartilage disk that’s found in the knee. We have two menisci in either knee. We have the medial meniscus on the inner side of the knee and the lateral meniscus on the outer side of the knee. The menisci serve a critical function in the knee as a shock absorber or cushion.