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I happen to have a meniscus tear my orthopedic surgeon after looking at my mri suggested that we remove the meniscus and he also said that this seems to be a cyst forming in that area what does that mean ?

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Follow advice: and also arrange for ongoing post-op PT.

Dr Modi agreed

Answered 7/27/2019

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