Knee Surgery
A 25-year-old soccer player presents with a locked knee following a twisting injury. MRI shows a vertical longitudinal tear of the medial meniscus in the posterior horn, located in the peripheral 4mm (red-red zone). The tear is 15mm in length and the tissue quality appears good. He has an associated complete ACL rupture that will be reconstructed. Regarding meniscal repair:
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Meniscal vascular zones include red-red (peripheral 3mm with direct blood supply), red-white (middle...
Ideal repair indications include vertical longitudinal tears in the peripheral (red-red or red-white...
Horizontal cleavage tears in the white-white zone are ideal for repair; complex degenerative tears i...
Inside-out repair is the gold standard for posterior horn tears requiring a posterior incision to pr...
Meniscal root tears are biomechanically equivalent to total meniscectomy and should be repaired when...
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