What Should I Expect From Meniscus Surgery?
Meniscus repair, alias meniscus repair, knee joint suture repair, meniscus repair, is a surgical treatment of meniscus injury.
Meniscus repair
- Chinese name
- Meniscus repair
- Foreign name
- Meniscus Repair
- nickname
- Meniscus repair
- Meaning
- Suture repair of knee meniscus injury
- ICD encoding
- 81.4702
- Meniscus repair, alias meniscus repair, knee joint suture repair, meniscus repair, is a surgical treatment of meniscus injury.
- Meniscus repair
- Meniscus repair; knee suture repair of meniscus injury; meniscus repair
- Orthopaedics / Surgery for traumatic joint diseases / Surgery for knee injuries / Surgery for meniscus injuries
- 81.4702
- Meniscal repair is used for the surgical treatment of meniscus injuries. Meniscus injury is one of the most common injuries of the knee, more common in young adults, more men than women. The ratio of medial and lateral meniscus damage reported abroad is 4 to 5: 1, while the ratio of domestic reports is 1: 2.5, which may be related to more congenital discoid malformations of lateral meniscus in Chinese.
- If there is a suspected meniscal tear in fresh knee injury, those who have the condition can do magnetic resonance or knee arthroscopy. Those with a light tear at the edge of the meniscus should fix their knees in the extended position with long leg plaster for 4 to 6 weeks, allowing patients to carry weights with crutches, which can be cured. Symptoms that recur after conservative treatment require surgical exploration. Recent research results show that the meniscus has a significant adverse effect on the joint. When the knee joint moves, the friction between the femoral condyle and the tibial condyle increases by about 20%. Under the same load, the stress on the articular cartilage surface increases by more than 25%. . Decreased stability will promote the formation of cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis. Therefore, most scholars tend to agree that for conditional cases, suture can be removed without resection, partial resection can be performed without subtotal or total resection, and normal meniscus tissue can be retained to the maximum extent to maintain its main Physiological function. The choice of meniscectomy should be based on: the type and degree of meniscus injury; the age and occupation of the patient; the technical proficiency of the operator and the conditions of the surgical instrument.
- Surgery related anatomy.
- Meniscal repair is suitable for:
- 1. Tear within 5mm of the attachment around the meniscus, with the front and back angles intact.
- 2. Exclude other injuries in the knee joint.
- After meniscal repair, long leg plaster was used for 6 weeks. After that, part of the weight was started. Knee extension and flexion training was practiced to avoid excessive flexion and torsion.