Meniscal Injuries (and why a small decision now could have big ramifications later)

Описание: The meniscus injury is one of the most common knee injuries in all of sports. Unfortunately, the meniscus is an important structure to knee function. The injuries to the meniscus can be alone or with other injuries to the knee like ligament injuries. There have been many high level combat sport competitors who have recently sustained meniscal injuries (TJ Dillishaw, Nicky Ryan, etc). These injuries have some interesting names like “bucket handle” tear. Pretty crazy sounding right?!? Well let’s talk about it a bit.

In this video, we will briefly talk about what a meniscus is, where they are located, what they do, what happens when they are injured, and how orthopedic surgeons deal with the injury.

While the menisci (there are 2 of them in each knee) are small structures, they are important for stabilization of the knee and shock absorption. If a meniscus injury is serious enough, one may feel that their knee locks and catches and the knee is at increased risk of developing arthritis unless the meniscus is repaired. However, the menisci do not have a a great ability to heal because they have poor blood supply. That leaves the surgeon with a choice - try to repair the meniscus knowing that there is a chance that the repair will not work or just clean up the tear so the locking and catching goes away. Unfortunately, this latter option does not solve the arthritis issue.

Given that athletes have short careers and any delay to getting back to sport could cost them and their teams, cleaning the meniscus tear is sometimes the best option. However, for long term health of the knee getting the meniscus to heal would be best.
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