Knee Arthroscopy
Meniscus is the cushion between two bones femur and tibia. Cruciate ligament is a rope like structure connecting two bones of the knee i.e that is thigh and leg bones and plays important role in knee motion and stabilizes the joint.
How A.C.L. is injured:
A.C.L is commonly injured during sports and road accidents; but it may also tear during trivial injuries sustained in day to day activities like dancing, jumping and running. A person may hear a pop sound during an A.C.L. tear and this is usually accompanied by immediate swelling of knee. Most often we tend to pass this off as a simple knee sprain and is only later that we realize its seriousness.
What happens once A.C.L. is torn:
After an A.C.L. tear knee becomes unstable, it buckles or gives way when you take a sudden turn or even a small jump. One feels insecure while walking on uneven ground and slopes and experiences a lot of apprehension during such activities. Over a period of time the knee might give way even during normal walking. After an A.C.L. injury your leg bone slides easily over the thigh bone. The abnormal movement causes progressive damage to other structures inside the knee, like meniscus and articular cartilage and eventually leads to early wearing off (arthritis) of the knee. There may a small tear or large bucket handle tear of meniscus or cruciate ligament rupture or simple synovitis, loose body, osteochondral fragment, synovial chondromatosis.
Meniscus is the cushion between two bones femur and tibia. Cruciate ligament is a rope like structure connecting two bones of the knee i.e that is thigh and leg bones and plays important role in knee motion and stabilizes the joint.
How A.C.L. is injured:
A.C.L is commonly injured during sports and road accidents; but it may also tear during trivial injuries sustained in day to day activities like dancing, jumping and running. A person may hear a pop sound during an A.C.L. tear and this is usually accompanied by immediate swelling of knee. Most often we tend to pass this off as a simple knee sprain and is only later that we realize its seriousness.
What happens once A.C.L. is torn:
After an A.C.L. tear knee becomes unstable, it buckles or gives way when you take a sudden turn or even a small jump. One feels insecure while walking on uneven ground and slopes and experiences a lot of apprehension during such activities. Over a period of time the knee might give way even during normal walking. After an A.C.L. injury your leg bone slides easily over the thigh bone. The abnormal movement causes progressive damage to other structures inside the knee, like meniscus and articular cartilage and eventually leads to early wearing off (arthritis) of the knee. There may a small tear or large bucket handle tear of meniscus or cruciate ligament rupture or simple synovitis, loose body, osteochondral fragment, synovial chondromatosis.
