KNEE INJURY ACCIDENT LAWYER CALIFORNIA: MEDIAL MENISCUS TEAR
A knee injury from an accident can be a serious injury and lead to a chronic problem or may require surgery. Both slip and fall accidents, as well as car accidents, motorcycle accidents and truck accidents can lead to serious knee injuries such as a torn medial meniscus (meniscal tear) and a patella fracture. Because of the knee’s complexity, the range of knee injuries can vary widely. It is important that you speak to an accident or personal injury attorney in your state if you have a knee injury as a result of an accident. If you are located in the State of California, please call our law office for a free consultation (1-800-ALAWPRO). Below we describe a medial meniscus injury and tomorrow we will discuss a Patella Fracture.
MEDIAL MENISCUS INJURY: There are two menisci in a knee that are made of touch cartilage. The medial meniscus is a cartilage that curves in a knee joint on the inside of the knee. The other meniscus is called the lateral meniscus and rests outside the knee. These meniscus distribute a person’s body weight across the knee joint. Meniscus injuries usually involve a tear in the cartilage. The most common was a traumatic meniscus tear occurs is when the knee joint is bent and the knee is then twisted. A radial tear occurs when the meniscus tears from the inside to the outside rim, but tears can also occur lengthwise. A bucket-handle tear occurs when a lengthwise tear rotates into the knee joint instead of remaining around the joint’s edge. It is common for a meniscus tear to along with injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the medial collateral ligament (MCL). When these three problems occur together they are knows as the unhappy triad. Some meniscus tears result in a locking of the knee joint and these injuries usually require an operation to correct the condition.
