Meniscal Tear? Everything you need know! (symptoms surgery and recovery)

If you have had a Meniscal tear, today Simon Moyes is breaking down symptoms and treatments of the meniscal tear.

In this episode we look at meniscal tear symptoms and then discuss treatment options including meniscal tear surgery and also meniscal tear recovery time. Simon Moyes and Chris Myers discuss the main causes of a Meniscal Tear and what to do when you have one.

Mr Simon Moyes is a highly in-demand consultant orthopaedic surgeon practising in his private clinics in London. He specialises in arthroscopy in addition to knee, shoulder, ankle, and foot conditions and treatments. Following his general medical training at The Middlesex Hospital, Mr Moyes subsequently received specialist trauma and orthopaedic training at Westminster Hospital Registrar programme and the Royal National Orthopaedic Senior Registrar Programme. Additionally, Mr Moyes completed fellowships at both North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre and Southern California Orthopaedic Institute in Los Angeles, USA.

00:00 - What is the knee menisci?
01:58 - Who gets a meniscal injury?
04:20 - Which meniscal tears heal and which tears do not? How does this relate to osteoarthritis in later life and return to sport?
08:01 - What are the signs and symptoms of an acute meniscal tear? When is it a surgical emergency?
11:00 - How do you diagnose a meniscal tear?
12:50 - Which meniscal tears can be repaired and how do you know if it can be repaired or not?
14:40 - How do you repair a meniscus during surgery?
16:20 - Post-operative management following a meniscal repair
20:25 - How do you know if a meniscal repair has worked?
23:00 - Does it matter how long you wait after a meniscal injury for surgery - the sooner the better?
23:35 - Does every surgeon perform meniscal repairs - both private and NHS?
24:05 - Why a meniscal repair is the best option for a meniscal tear for the long-term health of your knee joint.
24:18 - What if you cannot repair this meniscus - what is next? What is a meniscal resection?
25:23 - What are the signs and symptoms of a degenerative meniscal tear?
28:00 - Can you predict who will and who will not get better without surgery?
30:00 - What is the recommended treatment for a degenerative meniscal tear?
30:40 - What if a patient has a meniscal tear and osteoarthritis of the knee - does this change the treatment options?
33:15 - What are the treatment options for osteoarthritis of the knee?
35:30 - What are the injection options for osteoarthritis of the knee?
37:43 - Bone marrow and stem cell injection options - what are they and do they work?
40:30 - Steroid versus hyaluronic acid versus platelet-rich plasma (PRP) - which injections work?
43:03 - Bracing for knee osteoarthritis - what are the options and do they work?
47:10 - Summary of key points during podcast