What are the plasters for treating meniscus injuries?

If the meniscus is injured, it is not easy to treat and it may take a long time to recover. Therefore, some medications have to be used during the treatment. It is best to use topical medications, which will cause less harm to the patient himself. If you feel that there is obvious fluid accumulation in your joints, you can only use some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, or blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs for treatment.

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1. Acute phase

If there is obvious fluid (or blood accumulation) in the joint, the fluid should be drained under strict aseptic operation; if the joint is "locked", the "locking" should be released by manipulation, and then the knee joint should be fixed in the extended position for 4 weeks with a tubular plaster from the upper 1/3 of the thigh to the ankle. The cast should be properly shaped and the patient should be able to walk with it on. During the fixation period and after the fixation is removed, the quadriceps muscles should be actively exercised to prevent muscle atrophy.

2. Chronic stage

If non-surgical treatment is ineffective, symptoms and signs are obvious, and the diagnosis is clear, the damaged meniscus should be surgically removed as soon as possible to prevent traumatic arthritis. After the operation, pressure bandage is applied in the extended knee position, and quadriceps static contraction exercises are started the next day. Straight leg raising exercises are started 2 to 3 days later to prevent quadriceps atrophy. Walking is started after two weeks. Normal function can usually be restored 2 to 3 months after the operation.

3. Arthroscopic Application

Arthroscopy can be used to treat meniscus injuries. Meniscus edge tears can be repaired by sutures. Usually, a partial meniscus resection is performed, leaving the undamaged portion. For those who are suspected of meniscus injury at an early stage, emergency arthroscopy can be performed to treat meniscus injury early, shorten the course of treatment, improve treatment effects, and reduce the occurrence of traumatic arthritis. Arthroscopic surgery is less invasive and has a quicker recovery.

It is a disease with localized pain in the knee joint, some patients experiencing weak legs or locked knees, quadriceps atrophy, and localized tenderness with fixed knee joint space as the main symptoms. Meniscus injuries are mostly caused by torsional forces. When one leg bears weight and the calf is fixed in a semi-flexed and abducted position, the body and thigh suddenly rotate inward, and the medial meniscus is subjected to rotational pressure between the femoral condyle and tibia, causing the meniscus to tear.

Most of them have a history of obvious trauma. In the acute phase, there is obvious pain, swelling and effusion in the knee joint, and joint flexion and extension are impaired. After the acute phase, the swelling and effusion may subside on their own, but the joints still hurt during activities, especially when going up and down stairs, up and down hills, squatting and standing up, running, jumping, etc. The pain is more obvious. In severe cases, there may be limping or flexion and extension dysfunction. Some patients have locking phenomenon or clicking when the knee joint is flexed and extended.