Spontaneous healing of a displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus in a child.
Bucket-handle tears less frequently occur in the lateral meniscus than in the medial meniscus. An 11-year-old male patient complained of painful swelling and locking due to a displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus. We recommended an arthroscopic surgery; however, the patient left the hospital without surgical treatment. Six weeks afterwards, he returned without any complain of pain and he regained full range of motion. The final follow-up magnetic resonance imaging showed reduction of the torn meniscal fragment without any signal changes suggestive of a meniscal tear. We report a rare case of an isolated displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus in an 11-year-old patient that healed spontaneously without surgical intervention.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
Jae Hwi
JH
Han
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
Jae Gwang
JG
Song
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Barunsesang Hospital, Bundang, Korea.
Jae Ho
JH
Kwon
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
Kyung Woon
KW
Kang
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
Daviesh
D
Shah
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
Kyung-Wook
KW
Nha
Bucket-handle tear; Child; Knee; Lateral meniscus