Knee Meniscus Tear Surgery

It was a scary movement for Javed when he heard a click at the time of his warm up match before the major tournament. When he consulted me, I first observed the apprehension and nervousness on his face with lot of questions churning in his mind more than his knee signs. After all, he was young and buddying Football player from West region. There were many eyes on him and many expectations. I tried to calm him down and took an MRI report of his Knee injury that showed complete tear of meniscus (A common injury in which forceful twisting causes certain tissue in the knee to tear). His Friends and colleagues told him about the negative effects like Meniscus Tear Surgery is end of sports career and more, that this injury could make on his career based on their own experiences.

What I did was performed keyhole surgery on knee and repaired the Meniscus. He was, as all the sports men, very sincere in rehab. He was back to playing his tournament and then he made history when he appointed as Captain of Gujarat team in prestigious Santosh trophy only 9 months after this surgery. Today it has been more than four years and he is patron player guiding many young soccer players in ground.

Arthroscopic Knee Surgery has many stigma attached with it. Many myths that nests in people’s mind. However, the reality is that Arthroscopy has set new horizons. Now, Patients recover faster post-surgery. Most of them are day care surgeries. It is very much important to repair the meniscus on priority because if you do not repair this meniscus it leads to faster arthritis.

All of them had major injuries in their meniscus in knee. Message here is these people are much more demanding physically than you and me. If they can regain their routine, don’t get afraid when you are advised such surgery. Science and technology has achieved new heights. Arthroscopy and sports medicine is one of the most developing subspecialty.