Rehabilitation guidelines for meniscal repair there are two types of cartilage in the knee, articular cartilage and meniscus cartilage. This page was last edited on 24 february 2019, at 06. Articular cartilage is made up of collagen, proteoglycans and water and lines the end of the bones that meet to form a joint. The mediallateral meniscus injury rate for all age groups was reported as 31. The lateral meniscus external semilunar fibrocartilage is a fibrocartilaginous band that spans the lateral side of the interior of the knee joint. The lateral meniscus is on the outer side of the knee and is attached to the tibia but not to the corresponding lateral collateral ligament. Mar 30, 2012 ruptura meniskusa koljena rupture of the knee meniscus. Dragos popescu, chirurg ortoped, supraspecializat in chirurgia genunchiului. Because of this, it is less prone to tears than the medial meniscus just because it is more mobile. One of the less frequent meniscal lesions is the bucket handle tear, which consists of a vertical or oblique tear that extends longitudinally, with medial displacement of. Meniscal lesions can occur separately or in association with bone or ligament injuries.
Una rotura del menisco causa dolor, hinchazon y rigidez. The meniscus is comprised of approximately 70% water and 30% organic matter. Division of sports medicine, department of orthopaedic surgery, north shore university hospital, and orthopaedic associates of manhasset, manhasset, new york abstract increasing emphasis on the comprehensive reconstruction of the knee and on restoration of knee function after. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Discutem o programa sob os aspectos da lesao ser isolada ou associada a lesao do ligamento cruzado anterior lca. Location and extent of the tear, level of pain, activity level of the patient, age of the patient, time of the injury, and preference of the doctor are some of the factors that determine the meniscus rupture treatment options. Knee discoid lateral meniscus rady childrens hospital. There are actually two menisci in your knee, one is on the inner medial side of the knee and the other is on the outer lateral side of the knee. Look up words and phrases in comprehensive, reliable bilingual dictionaries and search through billions of online translations. Diagnosis and management of meniscal injury jacob babu, md, mha. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The most risky period in terms of age is between the ages of 20 and 29. Behrens, md abstract meniscal injury is a common cause for presentation to the emergency department or primary care physicians office.
The utilization of the mc in the evaluation and treatment of a 20yearold soccer player with an apparent acute meniscal injury is presented. Meniscal injuries can be the result of a forceful, twisting event in a young athletes knee or it can insid. T here is no direct muscular connection to the medial meniscus. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Male to female ratio of meniscus proplemia in sports injuries is 241 8, 9. A meniscus repair involves suturing the torn edges of the meniscus back into place and letting the meniscus mend itself. The medial meniscus is capable to move a few millimeters, while the less. It is one of two menisci of the knee, the other being the medial meniscus. This disparity in motion contributes to the frequency in which each meniscus is injured. Translate texts with the worlds best machine translation technology, developed by the creators of linguee. Anterior and posterior horns from each meniscus then attach to the tibia to hold them in place. Spontaneous healing of bucket handle tear of the medial.
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