A common knee operation meant to erase the nagging pain of a torn meniscus has just failed its longest and toughest test.

A major 10-year clinical trial is turning one of the world’s most common knee surgeries on its head. Researchers found that ...

Arthroscopic knee surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that’s commonly done to help “clean out” your knee joint if you’ve got degenerative arthritis, or to clip out pieces of a torn meniscus that ...

Chronic knee pain, osteoarthritis, reinjury, nerve pain, and spontaneous osteonecrosis are potential long-term complications of arthroscopic knee surgery. It is important to monitor your symptoms as ...

A meniscus tear is one of the most commonly diagnosed knee injuries - and also one of the most misunderstood. If you’ve recently been told you have a torn meniscus and that surgery is your only option ...

Meniscal tears are one of the most common knee injuries. The meniscus is a piece of cartilage in your knee between your thighbone and shinbone that acts as a shock absorber. A meniscal tear is a tear ...

Some people may develop knee pain a year after meniscus surgery. This could occur for various reasons, including difficulties with postsurgical rehabilitation, re-tearing the cartilage, or developing ...

The term meniscus comes from the Greek word for "crescent" because of its moon-like shape. This band forms a concave support pad for the thigh bone to rest on. Without the meniscus, you wouldn't be ...

Little ones grow so fast. Still, researchers at the University of Warwick were surprised by just how quickly their bacteria blossomed when growing along a microscopic meniscus. Microstructures can ...