This week we are going to discuss a knee injury that is described by some as a silent epidemic—the meniscal root tear. MRTs or meniscal root tears have been recently (read—the past 10 years) the ...

Medial and lateral menisci are crescent-shaped fibrocartilage structures that provide joint congruity, stabilization and lubrication and act as “shock absorbers” for joint preservation. During ...

Damage to the meniscal root can occur acutely, often in multi-ligamentous knee injury or traumatic hyperflexion, or chronically, secondary to degenerative changes. However, due to sufficient ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee is often performed in patients who have knee symptoms of unclear cause. When meniscal tears are found, it is commonly assumed that the symptoms are ...

Dec. 5, 2003 -- Intravenous and intra-articular enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are comparable for evaluating meniscal tears, and both are better than nonenhanced MRI, according to the ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Saturday that swingman Jimmy Butler has been diagnosed with a meniscal injury in his right knee following an MRI. Yahoo Sports' Shams Charania reported Butler has ...

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Jimmy Butler was carried off the floor with just over three minutes left in the third quarter of Friday night’s game against the Houston Rockets after his right ...