Meniscal tears can be either traumatic or degenerative in nature. Meniscal tears are uncommon in persons under 10 years of age, but become increasingly common during and after adolescence.

While some meniscus tears heal on their own, those involving deeper tissue lack the blood supply needed to enable healing. Severe tears may require arthroscopic debridement ... common injury and may ...

A minimally invasive surgical procedure called arthroscopy may be needed to inspect the meniscus and, at this time, the tear will be repaired. Treating a Meniscal Tear Deciding to repair the ...

Outpatient surgery, also called “rapid recovery surgery,” “same day surgery,” or “ambulatory surgery,” is a procedure that allows eligible patients to return home on the same day of their operation, ...

SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed the use of an allograft, autograft or no biologic adjuvant had equivalent fusion rates and rates of postoperative adverse outcomes in foot and ankle ...

Full-thickness osteochondral defects penetrate the entire thickness of articular cartilage to the subchondral bone. Unlike partial-thickness defects, full-thickness defects are accessible to MSCs, ...