Knee Pain
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Meniscal Surgery Options
Published on March 26, 2012.
Whether using Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy, or Stem Cell Therapy, we know that you cannot fix one part of the knee without examining and fixing the whole knee. Recent research published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine agrees. Here is what they said:
“Meniscal tears often occur in association with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) lesions or in chronically lax knees. It is also known that meniscal repairs are less likely to heal in ACL-deficient knees….caution should be recommended if meniscal repair is performed in a knee joint with persistent anterior laxity due to ACL deficiency.”
This is typical of many patients with failed knee surgeries and other surgeries. Only one part of the damaged or degenerated joint was addressed. Recently we wrote of a patient case where a 61 year old patient had chronic pain in her knee, and has been limping for as long as she can remember. She had undergone traditional injections of cortisone, which had limited benefit. An MRI of the knee showed complex tearing of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus along with arthritis of the knee, and the patient underwent arthroscopic surgery. After a month or so, the patient’s pain or function had not changed.
You can read the rest of that article here: Knee Pain, Arthritis, and how to plan treatment
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1. Dürselen L, Vögele S, Seitz AM, Ignatius A, Friederich NF, Bauer G, Majewski M. Anterior knee laxity increases gapping of posterior horn medial meniscal tears. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Aug;39(8):1749-55. Epub 2011 May 5.
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