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Sports Medicine |
Meniscus tear09/03/2008 |
What is a complex tear involving the body and posterior horn of the medial meniscus. The tear has both a horizontal and a vertical components extending to both the superior and inferior articular surface, this has progressed since the prior studies. Oblique grade 3 signal involving the posterior horn of the medial meniscus.Is a grade 3 signal bad? Is it worse than a grade 1 or grad2 2?
The description is pretty self explanatory in that the tear is not just a simple linear tear but rather has multiple directions of tearing through multiple directions. The signal relates to the amount of swelling within the meniscus. Grade 3 just means that the amount of swelling is greater than that seen with Grade 1 or 2. The bottom line is that the meniscus is torn and treatment will depend on the limitation of your activities and severity of symptoms.
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Charles Webster, MD Assistant Professor College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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