meniscus
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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
She says along with the ACL tear she also has bruising and meniscus damage.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
After the season, he underwent an operation to repair a damaged meniscus in his left knee.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
The names of the various shapes are as follows:—No. 1, plano-convex; No. 2, plano-concave; No. 3, double convex; No. 4, double concave; No. 5, meniscus; No. 6, concavo-convex.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams
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
The medial and lateral menisci provide padding and support between the femoral condyles and tibial condyles.
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
In certain injuries of the semilunar menisci of the knee, also, the joint is liable to a variety of locking, which differs, however, in many respects from that described above.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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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