ReviewCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2024
The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Meniscal Injuries.
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- Evaluating the diagnostic value of ultrasound in meniscal injury detection: current evidence and future directions.Emergency radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Ultrasonographic Knee Abnormalities and Their Association with Pain in Young Male Handball and Basketball Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Medial Meniscus Physiologic Extrusion Across Sitting, Bipedal, and Unipedal Stance: The Roles of Generalized Hypermobility and Patellar Tendon Stiffness.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Medial Meniscal Extrusion: A Narrative Review of Etiology, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Strategies.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2026Review
- Standardized Knee Ultrasound Protocol for Dynamic Meniscus Extrusion Evaluation After Meniscus Allograft Transplantation.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Ultrasonographic Assessment of Meniscus Damage in the Context of Clinical Manifestations.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Atypically Displaced Meniscal Tears: An Educational Review with Focus on MRI and Arthroscopy.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
- Validation of Ultrasound for Quantification of Knee Meniscal Tissue: A Cadaveric Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI and Ultrasound in Meniscal Tear Detection: Evaluating Reliability and Limitations Against Arthroscopic Outcomes.Radiology research and practice · 2025Article
- The Utility of a Community-Based Knee Ultrasound in Detecting Meniscal Tears: A Retrospective Analysis in Comparison with MRI.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Characterization of rectus femoris lesions in knee osteoarthritis at different stages and the effect of ultrasound-guided acupotomy.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis review evaluates the current understanding of the role of ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of meniscal disorders. RECENT
findingsUltrasound (US) demonstrates similar sensitivity and specificity when compared to magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of meniscal injuries when compared to arthroscopy. Meniscal extrusion (ME) under US can be a reliable metric to evaluate for meniscal root tears in knees with and without osteoarthritis (OA). Sonographic ME is associated with development of OA in knees without OA. US following allograft meniscal transplant may be useful in predicting graft failure. US findings can be used to screen for discoid menisci and may demonstrate snapping of a type 3 discoid lateral meniscus. Shear wave elastography for meniscal injuries is in its infancy; however, increased meniscal stiffness may be seen with meniscal degeneration. Perimeniscal corticosteroid injections may provide short term relief from meniscal symptoms, and intrameniscal platelet-rich plasma injections appear to be safe and effective up to three years. Ultrasound-assisted meniscal surgery may increase the safety of all inside repairs near the lateral root and may assist in assessing meniscal reduction following root repair. Diagnostic US can demonstrate with high accuracy a variety of meniscal pathologies and can be considered a screening tool. Newer technologies such as shear wave elastography may allow us to evaluate characteristics of meniscal tissue that is not possible on conventional imaging. US-guided (USG) treatment of meniscal injuries is possible and may be preferable to surgery for the initial treatment of degenerative meniscal lesions. USG or US-assisted meniscal surgery is in its infancy.
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