BOSTON — Primary care clinicians may be able to accurately diagnose meniscal injuries using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), according to new research presented at the Society of General Internal ...

Meniscal tears are one of the most common knee injuries. The meniscus is a piece of cartilage in your knee between your thighbone and shinbone that acts as a shock absorber. A meniscal tear is a tear ...

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If you suspect you have a meniscus tear – or have received a recent diagnosis – as a runner, you're likley worrying about two things: 1) what this means for your running and 2) if you're going to need ...

Radial tears in the meniscus occur in an area without blood supply, making them hard to heal without surgery. Flap tears can cause the knee to catch, and surgery can fix it without removing much ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medial, lateral and lateral-to-medial tibial slope asymmetries may predict risk of meniscus injury. Surgeons ...

Correspondence to Dr Duncan E Meuffels, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands; d.meuffels{at}erasmusmc.nl Objective To assess whether initial ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been suffering from strong pain on my left knee for a long time. An MRI was performed, which showed an “extensive degenerative tear throughout the body and a posterior horn of ...

The term meniscus comes from the Greek word for "crescent" because of its moon-like shape. This band forms a concave support pad for the thigh bone to rest on. Without the meniscus, you wouldn't be ...