APEX Knee Navigating Pearls and Pitfalls-Radial Tears: How I Repair Them

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Dr. Chala from Midwest Orthopedics discusses meniscal radial and root tears, emphasizing their increasing recognition and repair over meniscectomy despite meniscectomy's ease and quicker recovery. Radial/root tears cause loss of hoop stress, mimicking meniscectomy effects, leading to osteoarthritis and knee replacement risk. Repair techniques, especially trans-tibial tunnel sutures, offer better meniscus healing and reduced joint degeneration. Post-repair rehab involves limited weight-bearing and progressive strengthening, with return to sports around six months. Early repair is cost-effective, preventing knee replacements and joint space narrowing. MRI may miss tears; clinical suspicion and repair when cartilage is viable yield favorable outcomes.

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Dr. Jorge Chahla

Keywords

meniscal radial tears

root tears

meniscectomy

meniscus repair techniques

post-repair rehabilitation