Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

unión de cuerpo

English translation:

oblique tear of the medial meniscus of the posterior horn and the joint body

Added to glossary by Neil Ashby
May 30, 2017 08:32
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Spanish term

unión de cuerpo

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Orthopaedics
En la rodilla derecha hubo rotura oblicua de la unión de cuerpo con cuerno posterior del menisco interno. This is a description of MRI findings of knee and back to investigate shoulder pain
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Jun 9, 2017 14:51: Neil Ashby Created KOG entry

Discussion

liz askew May 30, 2017:
They may be talking about the body of the lateral meniscus. You need to investigate further. See:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › NCBI › Literature › PubMed Central (PMC)
by MS Crowell - ‎2013 - ‎Cited by 6 - ‎Related articles
Until recently, clinicians believed cysts of the lateral meniscus were more .... a horizontal‐oblique tear of the anterior horn and body of the lateral meniscus and a ...

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oblique tear of the medial meniscus of the posterior horn and the joint body

oblique tear of the medial meniscus of the posterior horn and the [joint] body OR
oblique tear of the medial meniscus of the posterior horn extending to the [joint] body

"cuerpo" refers to the joint body of the knee (see for example https://www.google.es/search?q=posterior horn medial meniscu...


Meniscal repair 6 7 8

Indicated for reparable tears
Red-red zone
Vertical and longitudinal tears
Full thickness
1 - 4 cm in length
Technique
Open meniscal repair
Obsolete
Tear should be within outer 3 mm of meniscus
Better preparation of the tear site
Arthroscopic
Inside-out techniques
Gold standard
Used for posterior horn and body tears
Use vertical mattress sutures
http://www.orthopaedicsone.com/display/Review/Meniscal Injur...


MRI showed a complex meniscus tear (oblique/radial form) in the medial meniscus, in the posterior horn extending to the body.
http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEtalk/index.php?topic=24333.0

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ccounted for 63 cases (64.26%), 21 cases were medial meniscal body tears (21.42%), five medial meniscal root tears (5.1%), nine lateral meniscal body tears (9.18%) and four lateral meniscal posterior horn tears(4.08%). Forty-four cases had extrusion of 3-4 mm, 26 had extrusion...
http://www.morthoj.org/2015/v9n2/Meniscal-Extrusion.pdf
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