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orthopedic surgeon told us that she has a torn ACL and tear of medial cartilage
(meniscus). He also mentioned...? How long does a cut meniscus take to degenerate?
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The
ortho advised that the meniscus surgery needs...
who doesn't wish more could be done, especially with the most nettlesome of knee problems: torn or worn-down cartilage. (Full disclosure: I have sampled heavily from the buffet of knee surgeries--a pair of ligament... 
anyone else) can suffer from
is a torn ACL.
When it is
torn, the knee is usually left unstable.
In other words, the ACL... shows a torn ACL, it has been
common practice for most doctors to recommend surgery to replace the ACL...
of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee . N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 11;347(2):81-8.
... of Medicine examined 180 patients 75 years old or younger, that had osteoarthritis of the knee, and reported... 
a quick anatomy lesson, for those interested.
The meniscus is a hugely important portion of your knee... the importance of the meniscus), it was quite common for doctors to yank the whole thing when it was torn! As you can imagine...
why it's
sometimes painful to bend my knee past a certain point or to perform a
deep squat. The meniscus...
Right Knee Meniscal Tear
Day #91 post-prolotherapy
Friday, August 27, 2010
I
had hoped...
My husband had right knee surgery in 2005 to repair his lateral meniscus.
I had right knee surgery in 2007 to repair a torn ACL.
My daughter injured her right knee last week at soccer practice... 
from treating hundreds of damaged knees, I recommend that you do not get knee surgery unless you have a torn...
In the United States, more than 650,000 knee surgeries called arthroscopic debridement or lavage...
I have said repeatedly that surgery to trim cartilage in the knee is worthless... because he has to see his patients for followup, when many of them require knee replacement surgery.
Now a report...
Meniscus tears increase knee osteoarthritis risk
By Will Boggs
NEW YORK, 20 mar 2009– Damage to the meniscus in the knee joint may lead to osteoarthritis in middle-age and elderly patients.
The meniscus... 
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