Knee Injuries
A 22-year-old female netball player presents with a locked knee after a twisting injury. MRI shows a bucket-handle tear of the medial meniscus with displacement into the intercondylar notch. The tear extends from the red-red zone to the red-white zone. There is no associated ligament injury. The patient wishes to continue competitive sport. Regarding meniscal injury treatment:
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The meniscus has three vascular zones: red-red (peripheral third - well vascularized, best healing),...
Meniscal preservation should be the goal whenever possible to prevent accelerated osteoarthritis; re...
The white-white zone has the best vascularity; the lateral meniscus is more commonly injured; radial...
Repair techniques include all-inside devices (most common - meniscal arrows, suture anchors), inside...
Partial meniscectomy is appropriate for tears in the white-white zone, complex degenerative tears, o...
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