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Meniscus Tear Treatment in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
The meniscus is the shock absorber between your thigh bone and shin bone. Tears happen from a twist in sport, or from simple squatting in patients over forty whose meniscus has degenerated. Preserving it matters - a knee without meniscus develops arthritis far sooner.
- Repair preferred over removal wherever biology allows
- All-inside suture techniques
- Immediate relief of a locked knee
- Root repair for degenerative extrusion
Symptoms of a meniscus tear
A torn flap of meniscus behaves like a stone in a hinge - it catches, locks and swells the joint.
- Pain on the inner or outer side of the joint line
- Clicking, catching, or the knee locking in a bent position
- Swelling a day after activity rather than immediately
- Pain on deep squatting, sitting cross-legged or using Indian-style toilets
Repair versus trimming
Tears in the outer third have good blood supply and are stitched with all-inside implants so the meniscus heals and keeps working as a shock absorber.
Tears in the inner avascular zone cannot heal; only the unstable flap is trimmed, preserving as much rim as possible. Meniscus root tears - increasingly recognised in Indian patients over 45 - are repaired back to bone to prevent rapid arthritis.
After surgery
After trimming, most patients walk the same day and return to desk work within a week. After a repair, weight bearing and deep bending are restricted for four to six weeks to let the stitched tissue heal, with sport at four to six months.
Meniscus repair and root-repair techniques are offered to patients from across Gujarat, including those referred from Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot after a locked knee was missed on a plain X-ray.
Frequently asked questions
Will a meniscus tear heal with rest and medicine?
Small degenerative tears often settle with physiotherapy and activity modification. A locked knee, a bucket-handle tear or a root tear needs arthroscopic treatment.
Is meniscus surgery day-care?
Yes, in most cases you are admitted in the morning and discharged the same evening after the anaesthetic wears off.
Can I sit cross-legged after meniscus surgery?
After a trim, usually within a few weeks. After a repair, deep flexion is delayed until the meniscus heals - typically around three months.