Talk:Meniscus (anatomy)

Just the Knee?
Other joints, such as the sternoclavicular joint also contain menisci. The article suggests that they exist only in the knee; this would require a signficant revision or potentially a new article (and moving this one to something like Meniscus (knee).) Kajerm 22:35, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Photos
I added some photos. Rhetth 03:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

surgery info
I have added some info about rehabilation after surgery and some other stuff too...Also I added an external link containing various meniscus surgery videos.Tbere 21:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

meniscus treatment article
does anyone think that this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniscal_Cartilage_Replacement_Therapy should be merged with the current one ? I do so and if you agree I could include the information from that article to this one....Tbere 21:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Self-diagnosis and antecedent
When a person tears the meniscus, s/he should consult a doctor. I have changed the pronoun their because 'a person' is singular. The sentence is still awkward, and I don't know if use of s/he is acceptable. The English language leave us little latitude here. An alternative is When people tear their meniscus, they should... However, I feel the sentence and this section need a complete re-write.

Are we promoting self-diagnosis? Should we not merely say something more like, when a person feels pain in the knee or suspects a torn meniscus/ligament/etc...?

Further, the article states, After noting symptoms, a physician can perform clinical tests that look for pain caused by compression and impingement of the tear. Does a physician look for pain, or seek to identify the injury/anomaly that is causing the pain?

The statement continues, Still more accurate is an MRI, and most accurate is a knee arthoscopy. To what is this sentence referring in saying Still more accurate; the word tests? The phrase clinical tests? MRI and arthroscopy (spelled incorrectly) are not so much clinical tests as diagnostic tools.

I suggest a re-write of this section. We must first establish that the patient has a torn meniscus. The doctor makes this diagnosis, not the patient. Second, we might describe how a doctor would discern the nature of the injury, describing the diagnostic techniques he or she might use. Third, we might relate the current mode of treatment.

The lay public have spoken (the fools that they are)?
I'm not sure I quite follow the sense of the comment "[...] which led to the menisci being called knee 'cartilages' by the lay public." Wouldn't that be because they're a) part of the knee, and b) cartilaginous tissue? Am I missing some point to this, other than a vague sense of "if you don't throw makey-uppy Latin at it, you're an ignorant peon"? If this is a more general point about "cartilage" as a count noun vs. a mass noun, then it seems both misplaced, and poorly-stated. Anyone able to help me out here? Alai (talk) 01:46, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean: "tube use"
I think there should be a: "Do you mean "For other uses, see Meniscus ..." like there is in that page itself. Should I add one in? Slothman32 (talk) 02:58, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

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Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Meniscus which may affect this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — Steel1943 (talk) 22:05, 24 October 2016 (UTC)