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Ligament damage in knee
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Three days back when I was playing football I twisted my knee and fell...When I got up I was not able to walk as I could feel severe pain when I kept me legs straight and tried walking... Ironically I could bend it a little and walk..I was rushed to the hospital and they confirmed there is no problem with the bone...There was no swelling as well...But to check the ligament problem I should do a MRI scan for 18000 which I wasn't ready for...They have me to wear this immobilizer in the knee which keeps it straight but the pain doesn't seem to be reducing...People told me it must be ligament tear...I have been through a ligament tear before and took quite a while to get back to normal...I just wanted to know if there are possibilities that it could be something other than ligament tear that I should take very seriously...And should I go for the MRI?
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Dr. Manoj Kumar Khemani
Orthopedist
22 yrs exp
Kolkata
It can be a ligament tear but it's most likely to be a meniscus tear. Both conditions will not be visible on x-ray but can be seen on MRI scan. MRI scan can be done in government medical college at very little cost. In private centers it usually costs ₹5000 to 8000. I have yet to find any centre charging ₹18000 for it.
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Find a scan center in Google and call them to get price quotation for MRI of knee ( without contrast)
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