After the tunnel is drilled, then using an all-inside suture only meniscal repair device, CrossFix (Cayenne Medical Inc.), the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus is “captured” with the ...

Meniscus posterior horn root tears with associated extrusion have generated considerable interest since their initial description by Pagnani and colleagues. In 2008, Allaire and colleagues ...

Posterior horn medial meniscus tear This is a tear at the spot where the meniscus and bone meet. It most often happens when lifting a heavy object improperly or playing a sport with a twisting ...

Symptoms of this kind of tear are pain, swelling at the back of the knee and locking. Only 10% of posterior horn meniscal tears are treatable.

New Orleans Hornets All-Star point guard Chris Paul will undergo arthroscopic left knee surgery for a meniscal tear. The plan for the rest of Paul’s season will depend on the severity of the … ...

Meniscal tears are frequently symptomatic and irreparable. For patients with these tears, partial meniscectomy removes unstable fragments that may cause symptoms of locking and catching. Meniscal ...

Meniscal tears can cause pain, swelling, clicking, catching, giving way or locking in a knee. The investigation of choice is MRI. However, MRI scans are only 70–80% accurate (sensitive and specific) ...

Tears can occur in the anterior segment (anterior horn), middle segment, (body) or posterior segment (posterior horn). A large tear can be debilitating and extremely painful.

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