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A member asked:

My age is 23,i had fall in bathroom and got horizontal cleavage tear in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus,surgry needed?

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Likely: it is difficult to say for certain whether or not surgery would be indicated without reviewing your MRI and examining you but typically In younger younger patients with this type of injury surgery is of benefit

Answered 1/18/2018

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