Meniscus Tears
Meniscus tears are knee injuries characterized by pain, swelling, and limited mobility. They often occur due to sudden twisting motions or degenerative changes associated with aging or repetitive stress on the knee joint.
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What is a meniscal cyst? This week I was preparing for a lecture and needed certain ultrasound images that I didn’t have, so I performed a knee ultrasound exam on myself to save examples. When I got to my lateral anterior (outside front) knee meniscus, a big hole in my meniscus jumped out off the screen. Yikes!…read more
Does Meniscus Surgery Work? A Quartet of Studies Says It’s No Better than Fake Surgery or PT
Few patients ask the obvious question about knee meniscus surgery: Does meniscus surgery work? The answer, after many different high quality studies is that it definitely doesn’t work. Let me explain. The first major paper on the efficacy of arthroscopic knee surgery was published more than a decade ago in 2002. It compared “arthroscopic debridement”…read more Should Your Lateral Meniscus Tear Recovery Include Surgery? Lateral Meniscus Tears don’t Cause Arthritis, but Surgery Might
When patients get a knee MRI and see they have a lateral meniscus tear, it rocks their world. Rather than a lateral meniscus tear surgery alternative, often the first thing they think of is surgery. After all, doesn’t surgery fix the tear? So why wouldn’t your lateral meniscus tear recovery plans include surgery? Because the…read more New Study: Your Meniscus Tear may be Caused by a Bad Nerve in Your Back
You don’t often hear meniscus tear and bad back nerves in the same sentence. But we see patients all the time who have low level issues in their low back causing problems in the knee. Most of these patients don’t think they have a back issue because their back doesn’t hurt much. However, a new…read more Beware of a Meniscus Tear if you have no ACL!
Is surgery for a knee meniscus tear with no ACL a good idea? We’ve seen many patients walking around without a knee ACL ligament as a result of an old complete rupture of that ligament. Recently, more and more research has been showing that many patients do well without an ACL ligament and that replacing the ligament…read more MRI Meniscus Tear Study Totally Misses the Point-Most Meniscus Tears should not be Surgically Treated
A doctor discusses the research showing that surgery for a torn meniscus may not be a good idea. Understanding what Happens when a Torn Knee Meniscus Displaces
A doctor discusses what happens when knee surgery causes the meniscus to tear and displace outside the joint. An innovative non-surgical treatment for this problem is discussed. 
