Medial & posterior horn tear in lateral meniscus

[frogribbit]

Originally Posted by nancyzl

A study I read about 2 years ago stated that surgery for meniscus tears was not useful when compared to the control group that did not have the surgery.
I will have to look for the study . My daughter had ACL surgery over 10 years ago which also also involved a slight meniscus tear . My understanding was it was the ACL repair which was the reason for the surgery .
Found the article from 4 years ago:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/u...o-useless.html

Thank you for the link however I'm unable to access it.

[frogribbit]

Originally Posted by alisoncooks

I had an ACL and meniscus tear (2015? 16?). Surgery for the ACL -- the meniscus was left to heal on its own. It all totally sucked. Hope you get some good advice and it heals quickly!

Ouch! Hopefully your knee is o.k. now?

[frogribbit]

Originally Posted by bfit

I know someone who had surgery for a torn meniscus, and she explained why they "shave" it off rather than sewing. It's like a crack or tear in your fingernail. If you clip your nail short enough or file it down the crack is gone, and it stops cracking further into your nail. Basically they just file off the part along the edge that is cracked, and there is still enough left.

That makes sense!

[alisoncooks]

Originally Posted by frogribbit

Ouch! Hopefully your knee is o.k. now?

Mostly, yes, but recovery was longer than expected. I also have a lot of crepitus in that knee now.