Is meniscus grade 3 injury serious

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Meniscus injury mainly occurs in the knee joint, usually because of trauma, serious will produce locked phenomenon. Now let's take a look at the severity of grade 3 meniscus injury.

Is meniscus grade 3 injury serious

First of all: meniscus injury is a kind of disease with limited pain of knee joint, some patients have soft legs or knee joint locking phenomenon, quadriceps atrophy, limited tenderness of knee joint space fixation as the main performance. Meniscus grade three injury is very serious, such a disease needs active treatment, strive to be able to control the disease.

Secondly, in the acute stage, if the joint has obvious effusion (or hematocele), the effusion should be extracted under strict aseptic operation; if the joint has "interlocking", the "interlocking" should be removed by manipulation, and then the knee joint should be fixed in the straight position for 4 weeks with plaster cast from the upper 1 / 3 of the thigh to the upper ankle. Plaster should be properly shaped, and patients can walk with plaster. During fixation and after removal of fixation, quadriceps femoris should be actively exercised to prevent muscle atrophy.

Finally: in the chronic stage, if the non-surgical treatment is ineffective, the symptoms and signs are obvious, and the diagnosis is clear, the injured meniscus should be removed as soon as possible to prevent the occurrence of traumatic arthritis. After the operation, the patients were bandaged in the knee extension position, and the quadriceps static contraction exercise was started the next day. The straight leg raising exercise was started 2-3 days later to prevent quadriceps atrophy. After two weeks, the patients began to walk on the ground. Generally, the normal function could be restored 2-3 months after the operation.

matters needing attention

In addition to pay attention to the movement posture and the intensity of the movement, we should pay attention to sports protection, such as wearing sports protectors to prevent accidental injury in the movement. After meniscus injury, we should actively take care of it, and do not take strenuous exercise.