Talk:Meniscus (anatomy)

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Contents 1 Just the Knee? 2 Photos 3 surgery info 4 meniscus treatment article 5 Self-diagnosis and antecedent

[edit] Just the Knee?

Other joints, such as the sternoclavicular joint also contain menisci. The article suggests that they exist only in the knee; this would require a signficant revision or potentially a new article (and moving this one to something like Meniscus (knee).) Kajerm 22:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

I added some photos. Rhetth 03:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] surgery info

I have added some info about rehabilation after surgery and some other stuff too...Also I added an external link containing various meniscus surgery videos.Tbere 21:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] meniscus treatment article

does anyone think that this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniscal_Cartilage_Replacement_Therapy should be merged with the current one ? I do so and if you agree I could include the information from that article to this one....Tbere 21:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Self-diagnosis and antecedent

When a person tears the meniscus, s/he should consult a doctor. I have changed the pronoun their because 'a person' is singular. The sentence is still awkward, and I don't know if use of s/he is acceptable. The English language leave us little latitude here. An alternative is When people tear their meniscus, they should... However, I feel the sentence and this section need a complete re-write.

Are we promoting self-diagnosis? Should we not merely say something more like, when a person feels pain in the knee or suspects a torn meniscus/ligament/etc...?

Further, the article states, After noting symptoms, a physician can perform clinical tests that look for pain caused by compression and impingement of the tear. Does a physician look for pain, or seek to identify the injury/anomaly that is causing the pain?

The statement continues, Still more accurate is an MRI, and most accurate is a knee arthoscopy. To what is this sentence referring in saying Still more accurate; the word tests? The phrase clinical tests? MRI and arthroscopy (spelled incorrectly) are not so much clinical tests as diagnostic tools.

I suggest a re-write of this section. We must first establish that the patient has a torn meniscus. The doctor makes this diagnosis, not the patient. Second, we might describe how a doctor would discern the nature of the injury, describing the diagnostic techniques he or she might use. Third, we might relate the current mode of treatment.