That said, most tears are complex tears: A portion of the meniscus may be displaced, but the remainder—though it is torn from mechanical stress—is healthy. Most of these tears receive a combination of minor resection and suture repair. Since the loss of any volume of the meniscus leads t...
We are in what I call the Anabolic Era of sports medicine. Instead of taking out tissues like torn meniscus cartilages and jamming in cortisone (which shuts down cell metabolism) we now replace and regrow the tissues, injecting growth factors, cytokines (recruitment factors), and lubrication to...
Which meniscus in the knee is most often damaged due to its attachment to a nearby ligament? (a) Femoral meniscus. (b) Anterior meniscus. (c) Medial meniscus. (d) Lateral meniscus. (e) Posterior meniscus. The menisci in the knee joint can be torn fo...