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A small acl tear and a flipped meniscus? is surgery needed?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Depends: It depends on your activity level, pain associated with the injury, and presence of mechanical symptoms like locking up, giving out.

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 12/17/2014

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Usually: It depends on your age, the physical exam findings, degree of degenerative changes on xray, and your activity level.

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 11/8/2013

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What is usually done for a ACL tear? And does it heal one its own without surgery? Can a piece of meniscus get stuck under the patella?

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Im 45, complete tear in my ACL partial tear in my MCL and meniscus, waiting for surgery , to know what is the recovery time after surgery n do i need ?

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Acl tear vs.A meniscus tear which is worse ? Which is worse an ACL tear or a meniscus tear ? What is the difference in recovery time after surgery and pain after ?

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A member asked:

I am 35 year old having ACL and meniscus tear .Should i go for arthoscopic knee surgery or not?

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A member asked:

Do I need more surgery if new MRI of my right knee (prior ACL repair and meniscectomy) now has a tear in the horn of meniscus, macerated and attenuation degenerative meniscus status with a bakers cyst with extreme pain and swelling?

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