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meniscus

[mi-nis-kuhs] / mɪˈnɪs kəs /




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“I recommend a debridement of your meniscus only. It’s a less invasive surgery and a much easier recovery.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dr. Mary K. Mulcahey, chief of sports medicine at Loyola University Medical Center, who specializes in shoulder and knee injuries, said AI would likely have a hard time distinguishing between different types of meniscus tears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The surgery has long been based on the idea that knee pain, especially on the inner side, is caused by a meniscus tear that can be fixed surgically.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

"But let's see how they respond, with no cartilage and no meniscus..."

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

It is fitted with the No. 0 Ball Bearing shutter, speed 1/50 of a second, with cable release, as described on page 6, and offers the choice of rapid rectilinear or meniscus achromatic lens.

From Kodaks and Kodak Supplies 1914 by Canadian Kodak Company

With more research, company executives said, the technology could be used to make many other replacement body parts, including spinal discs, noses, knee menisci, rotator cuffs and reconstructive tissue for lumpectomies.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

Your patient, who’s having double knee surgery for two torn menisci and two Baker’s cysts.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019

While both menisci are free to move during knee motions, the medial meniscus shows less movement because it is anchored at its outer margin to the articular capsule and tibial collateral ligament.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Too much twisting in the knee can tear the menisci, pads of cartilage tucked inside the knee socket.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2012

The semilunar menisci are two crescentic plates of white fibro-cartilage, which lie upon the upper end of the tibia, and serve to deepen the articular surface for the condyles of the femur.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Though the 31-year-old’s injury wasn’t as severe as Young’s, the tight end still tore his ACL, MCL and both meniscuses after taking a hit from then Las Vegas Raiders pass rusher Yannick Ngakoue.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

The Kings are down to their top two AHL goalies after Jack Campbell joined Jonathan Quick on injured reserve this week with torn meniscuses in their knees.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2018

The re-tear rate for repaired meniscuses is 25 percent, according to one surgical expert.

From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 26, 2013


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