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Ruptura do menisco

Última revisão: 16 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 23 May 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • edema no joelho
  • sensação de instabilidade ou perda de apoio repentina/travamento do joelho
  • dor no joelho
  • sensibilidade e crepitação na interlinha articular
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • cisto poplíteo (cisto de Baker) em casos crônicos
  • amplitude de movimentos limitada
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Fatores de risco

  • trauma agudo (lesão por torção)
  • artrite do joelho
  • instabilidade do joelho
  • história de lesão do ligamento cruzado anterior
  • desalinhamento da articulação do joelho
  • superfície irregular ou desigual para prática esportiva
  • condições de solo/meteorológicas desfavoráveis
  • idade avançada
  • trabalhos manuais e na construção civil
  • menisco discoide
  • índice de massa corporal (IMC) alto
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • testes clínicos
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM)
  • radiografia
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • artroscopia
  • artrografia por tomografia computadorizada (TC)
  • ultrassonografia
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

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Colaboradores

Autores

Hideki Takeda, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Department of Sports Orthopedics

NTT Medical Center Tokyo

Tokyo

Japan

Disclosures

HT declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Hideki Takeda would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Lars Engebretsen and Dr Kevin R. Stone, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

LE declares that he has no competing interests. KRS is an author of several references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Daniel Solomon, MD

Co-Director of Orthopedic Sports and Shoulder Service

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Naval Medical Center San Diego

San Diego

CA

Disclosures

DS declares that he has no competing interests.

Jung-Ro Yoon, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Seoul Veterans Hospital

Seoul

South Korea

Disclosures

JRY declares that she has no competing interests.

Nikunj N. Trivedi, MD

Fellow

Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery

Stanford University

Stanford

CA

Disclosures

NNT declares that he has no competing interests.

Seth L. Sherman, MD

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Fellowship Director

Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery

Stanford University

Stanford

CA

Divulgaciones

SLS declares that he has no competing interests.

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

Kopf S, Beaufils P, Hirschmann MT, et al. Management of traumatic meniscus tears: the 2019 ESSKA meniscus consensus. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 Apr;28(4):1177-94.Texto completo  Resumen

American Physical Therapy Association. Knee pain and mobility impairments: meniscal and articular cartilage lesions, revision 2018. 2018 [internet publication].

American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute trauma to the knee​. 2019 [internet publication].Texto completo

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