Meniscal tears are the failure of the fibrocartilaginous menisci of the knee. Advantages of sonographic evaluation include the lack of ionizing. Any information contained in this pdf file is automatically generated from digital material submitted to epos by third parties in the form of scientific presentations. Check out our entire database and interactive tools to learn more about conditions, procedures, and gain insight into your health risks. Each cad and any associated text, image or data is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with any company, organization or realworld item, product, or good it may purport to portray. This breakdown weakens the support provided to your knee, making it easy to tear your meniscus. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. Work with your doctor to plan a rehabilitation rehab program that helps you regain as much.
Rehabilitation guidelines for meniscal repair uw health. A degenerative meniscus occurs as part of the normal aging process due to the breakdown of the collagen fibers that make up the cushion between your thigh and shin bone. There are several types and can occur in an acute or chronic setting. Jun 23, 2016 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. To show the ligamentous pathology and knee meniscus injuries of traumatic origin as well as the presentation through image by means of the different methods of study, besides the surgical correlation of these lesions. Dec 21, 20 the computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users. The medial and lateral menisci play an important role in absorbing force and assisting in the role of nourishing the knee joint. For this reason, research into meniscus repair has been the recipient of. A link between the discoid meniscus variant and femoral condyle ocd is well described. Magnetic resonance imaging assesment of lateral meniscus.
A discoid meniscus is a congenital anomaly of the knee found in 3% of the population up to 15% in asia. Free pdf online volver arriba reichenbach s, sterchi r, scherer m, et al. How well the knee will heal and whether surgery will be needed depends in large part on the type of tear and how bad the tear is. Pdf congenital discoid lateral meniscus in children. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. The meniscus cartilage in the knee includes a medial inside meniscus and a lateral outside meniscus. Tears that result from a degeneration of the meniscus rather than trauma usually. Instead of the narrow crescent shape, as seen in a normal meniscus above, a discoid meniscus is thickened, and has a fuller crescent shape.
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