Knee Surg Relat Res.
2015 Mar;27(1):65-67. 10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.1.65.
Spontaneous Healing of a Displaced Bucket-Handle Tear of the Lateral Meniscus in a Child
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- 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Korea. kwnhamj@hotmail.com
- 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Barunsesang Hospital, Bundang, Korea.
- KMID: 2297819
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2015.27.1.65
Abstract
- Bucket-handle tears less frequently occur in the lateral meniscus than in the medial meniscus. An 11-year-old male patient complained of painful swelling and locking due to a displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus. We recommended an arthroscopic surgery; however, the patient left the hospital without surgical treatment. Six weeks afterwards, he returned without any complain of pain and he regained full range of motion. The final follow-up magnetic resonance imaging showed reduction of the torn meniscal fragment without any signal changes suggestive of a meniscal tear. We report a rare case of an isolated displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus in an 11-year-old patient that healed spontaneously without surgical intervention.
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