Knee Locked Up? Bucket Handle Meniscus Tear Explained #surgery

Bucket-handle meniscal tears represent 10-26% of all #meniscustears involve a vertical or oblique longitudinal tear with an attached fragment displaced away from the periphery of the meniscus. #BucketHandleTears can begin at the posterior meniscal insertion on the tibia and extend anteriorly past the anterior-middle third junction. Displacement of the inner segment into the intercondylar notch can additionally occur and lead to locking/pain/perceived instability. Repair failure can lead to total or subtotal loss of meniscal function. Successful repair can preserve joint kinematics and prevent progressive osteoarthritis in a typically young, athletic patient population #kneepain #buckethandletear

*meniscus 3D illustration by 3D4Medical

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[Rackets-sports]

Mri report says bucket handle tear but i can straight and bend without any problems only thing my knee can't take my body weight without support will it heal without surgery

[MyParamedicAfterLife]

8 weeks post surgical repair, hoping to get the green light to start learning to ambulate this week. It’s been a long road, toughest surgical recovery I’ve ever had personally.

[wagwang]

im 17 right now recovering from my second meniscus bucket handle tear, i had my first one not even a year ago, did surgery for better for 6 months tried to go do sports and then snapped again😢

[Bigfootgonewld]

I had a motorcycle wreck 2 years ago and broke every bone in my left leg. I’ve since recovered but my knee/leg will NOT bend past 90° (an L shape) could this be the cause? And should I go to my ortho dr to have surgery?

[_hipflexion]

I have a bucket tear in my lateral meniscus that has shifted anterior. My primary wouldn’t order me an MRI. I found an ortho to order one after 3 weeks with a locked knee. I finally have surgery scheduled after a month of not walking. I really hope their neglect doesn’t cause me to have a worse outcome.

[BarrickMacready]

Uncrossing my legs in bed and i tore it. My knee was bent, i had to straighten it out for an Xray(that hurt) and was unable to bend my knee for about 2 months before i got the surgery in 2016 and now im feeling pretty bad knee pain. Yay

[maxbaptiste]

Does this usually require repair or removal?

[jacobarmstrong]

Would a lock knee that violently shakes back when the leg extends be indicative of this problem?

[vipergaming]

I cant extend my knee cant bend its swelling and also alot of pain, whenever i go for a walk pain gets lower but when i get up from chair or bed i have pain for couple of minutes before i exercise it, i wake up at night sometimes cause of pain i cant live without painkillers can that be meniscus? I also feel a lil bit of instabilty when relaxing my knee while i have knee laying i have a some sort of shake feeling wich hurts if i get it lil bit twist

[bbl_brynr]

I had a meniscus surgery debridement 2 years ago when I was 17, I started playing soccer again after the surgery, then my knee started locking up 7 months after the surgery, doctors don’t see any tears in the mri so not sure whether to get another surgery since therapy hasn’t helped after 1 year with locking

[TheMessamore]

Can't it flip it's self back though mine does this all the time never had it fixed I still walk on it too just can't extend my leg fully and hurts like hell getting up and down

[shraddhasolanki]

Will knee lock only in extension or both flexion-extension?

[Katkhalikai]

I had mine repaired a year ago lastnight I bent it the wrong way and there she goes. Does that mean another surgery?

[EthanM-wbmd]

I had a bucket handle meniscus tear and they said it was nothing becuase they wouldn’t do mri, so I thinking I was okey I rode my bike everyday and did a lot of activities and then 3 months later they FINNALY said it’s an emergency to have surgery and then it was too late, the entire meniscus was torn to shreds so they had to do a different surgery

[nessa]

ONCE SURGERY IS DONE WILL LEG BE ABLE TO EXTEND ALL THE WAY OUT??UNLOCK??WALK NORMAL AGAIN????

[kristinaivsic]

Dobar dan jer može narasti meniskus ponovno