what are the current stats on meniscus injuries and surgical outcome ?
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Asked by sueweare27 - 2 answers - 3 years 10 weeks ago
what are the current stats on meniscus injuries and surgical outcome ?
I am a student(FdSc 1st year) and am doing a report on meniscus injuries. The term 'bucket handle tear' is used but when was this first used and how often do these occur i believe they are usually around the 20-40 yr group but sometimes can be found in children as young as 12 ?
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This is actually a common surgery to be done. Unless you get some of the worst surgeons out there, you shouldn't have much of a problem. Be advised, go through the proper channels for rehabilitation as you may cause a second tear if you're not cautious.
a "bucket handle tear" of a meniscus is where the middle portion of the meniscus is torn away from the rim so it looks like a "bucket handle" - this tends to be a traumatic injury which is why the age group is relatively young. As it is a traumatic occurance rather than "wear and tear", it can occur in any age group - and that would include your youngster at aged 12. It doesn't happen as much in the older generation because of a few things
1) they're not as active (no hate mail from the older athlete please!)
2) as we get older the degeneration of the meniscus and reduction of joint space means the loading and shearing forces are different and so you tend to get more of a genral tear around the edges.
repair of these usually occurs in the young via an arthroscopy, occationally if their quite bad a patch may be used - research on synthetic and "self donor" is early days at present and tends to be done on the young.
Hope that helps