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Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine

Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine. Meniscus Surgery. Anatomy. Anatomy. Meniscus Function. Shock Absorber. Symptoms of a Torn Meniscus. Pain Swelling “Catching” Locking. Blood Supply. Arthroscopic Look. Normal. Torn. MRI. Normal. Torn.

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Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine

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  1. Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine

  2. Meniscus Surgery

  3. Anatomy

  4. Anatomy

  5. Meniscus Function Shock Absorber

  6. Symptoms of a Torn Meniscus • Pain • Swelling • “Catching” • Locking

  7. Blood Supply

  8. Arthroscopic Look Normal Torn

  9. MRI Normal Torn

  10. Arthroscopic Surgery

  11. Meniscectomy

  12. Meniscectomy

  13. Meniscectomy

  14. Meniscectomy

  15. Meniscal Repair

  16. Meniscal Repair

  17. Meniscal Repair

  18. Goal Pain-free knee that does not lock or catch

  19. Possible Risks and Complications • Anesthetic • Neurovascular injury • Stiffness • Infection • Blood clot • Pain, swelling, mechanical symptoms • Retear of meniscus

  20. Rehab Depends on the procedure: • If simple meniscectomy, able to bear weight when comfortable; rehab individualized • If meniscus is repaired, period of nonweightbearing or weightbearing in a brace followed by rehab

  21. No surgery is ever “guaranteed,” but meniscus surgery is a highly successful procedure

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