ACL TEAR and MENISCUS TEAR

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Asked for Male, 28 Years

I have a partial ACL tear history which happened in 2011 while playing basketball and now when I had MRI done I got grade IV meniscus tear too. My weight is 87 kgs. I want to know that is surgery required now ? Should I reduce my weight and then go for surgery?

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Dr. Kiran Reddy Chennuri

Orthopedic surgeon 18 yrs exp Hyderabad

That depends on various factors.

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Dr. Mahesh Channabasappa Gonchikar

Orthopedist 30 yrs exp Bangalore

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How much pain do you have? Can you walk on this leg? How much can you be bend? How bad is the swelling. ? Looking at the report it looks like you need something to be done however correlating clinical picture and MRI picture would be better to decide since it is a major decision

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