Meniscal tears are either partial or full thickness and stable or unstable. An unstable tear is one where the entire tear or a portion thereof can be displaced into the joint space. There it may ...

A meniscal tear is a tear in the cartilage of your knee. Athletes, particularly those who play contact sports, are at risk for meniscal tears. However, anyone at any age can tear a meniscus, and as we ...

A minimally invasive surgical procedure called arthroscopy may be needed to inspect the meniscus and, at this time, the tear will be repaired. Treating a Meniscal Tear Deciding to repair the ...

This may be the case if a known injury such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear needs repair, but a meniscal tear is ...

3,4 The medial meniscus is the most commonly torn, and multiple tears are present in more than a third of patients. A cohort study found that knee trauma sufficient to reduce walking ability for at ...

What can be done for a meniscal tear you might wonder? The short answer is generally surgery. Arthroscopic repair or resection are the two preferred methodologies. Repair is sewing the two pieces ...