25M, chronic left knee pain after injury \~11 months ago during mili service training. Original MRI suggested possible medial meniscus horn tear/radial tear, but re-read + arthro-CT now show a small incomplete medial capsulomeniscal disinsertion (\~13 mm) of the medial meniscus body, with no major meniscal tear otherwise, no ligament damage, and no cartilage damage.

Symptoms are medial pain (a little to the left), sharp pain with walking/stairs/overload, currently worsened by prolonged walking and boots (pretty much police boots but not as comfortable).

Report conclusion: Small focus of incomplete capsulomeniscal detachment of the middle horn of the medial meniscus involving the lower third of the capsule extending over 13 mm.

No other meniscal lesions.

Has anyone had a partial meniscocapsular/capsulomeniscal separation treated conservatively vs surgery, and what was recovery like?

If it took you long to discover/fix, how did the pain flare-ups feel when they happened?

I would appreciate any and all experiences on this matter, as this has significantly impacted my life this past year and I need to do something about it... thank you!

25M, chronic left knee pain after injury ~11 months ago during military service. Original MRI suggested possible medial meniscus tear/radial tear, but re-read + arthro-CT now show a small incomplete medial capsulomeniscal disinsertion (~13 mm) of the medial meniscus body, with no major meniscal tear otherwise, no ligament damage, and no cartilage damage. Symptoms are medial pain (a little to the left), sharp pain with walking/stairs/overload, prior intermittent locking early on, currently worsened by prolonged walking and boots (pretty much police boots but not comfortable).

Conclusion: Small focus of incomplete capsulomeniscal detachment of the middle horn of the medial meniscus.

No other meniscal lesions.

Has anyone had a partial meniscocapsular/capsulomeniscal separation treated conservatively vs surgery, and what was recovery like?

Did you need arthroscopy despite small lesion in red zone? and is it even in the red zone?

If it took you long to discover/fix, how did the pain flare-ups feel when they happened?

Edit: Apparently they're called Ramp Lesions? Not sure what this classifies as so... Hoping for the best.

After asking ChatGPT I realize they're not ramp lesions since those tend to be acl related etc.

Hello! I just recently that I have a torn meniscus in my left knee through an MRI (Medial Meniscus, Grade 3 Radial Tear and Grade 2 Posterior Horn Tear). [M/25]

I've definitely been injured for around 10-11 months now and couldn't really get any medical care and since symptoms kinda went down with time I didn't give it much attention, especially after 2 doctors I visited kinda said I have either something else and the other said I probably have nothing and its just through the intense running with heavy boots i've done at that time (ifykyk, service).

Heck even my right knee hurts just as bad now lately, probably due to overuse and limping all the time, trying to keep pressure on left knee low but now both hurt...

My question is, I don't trust the doctors here to do a repair since I don't want it to get trimmed and increase my risk of osteoarthritis... so I'm looking for great doctors that could help fix my knee up. If anyone knows someone who had similar symptoms and had success on a repair please let me know! Either in Algiers/Bejaia would be even better I guess, since I live in bejaia. but Algeria for possibly better quality? idk lol

P.S. If by any chance you're an imaging specialist or orthopedic doctor/surgeon and can spare some time to check my MRI just in case the imaging center I went to missed something please let me know, I'll send you my MRI right up, I have the contents of the CD on a drive folder.