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knee bursitis
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Pain Medicine
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Medial knee pain that isn't a meniscus tearMedial knee pain that isn't a meniscus tear
Around 850,000 meniscal surgeries are performed annually in the United States, yet five other structures in the medial knee generate pain so similar that clinicians commonly mistake them for meniscal tears.Around 850,000 meniscal surgeries are performed annually in the United States, yet five other structures in the medial knee generate pain so similar that clinicians commonly mistake them for meniscal tears.
Getting a knee bursitis diagnosisGetting a knee bursitis diagnosis
Knee bursitis presents as a tender, fluid-filled lump; its location—over the kneecap, below it, or on the inner knee—identifies which bursa is inflamed and thereby the cause: chronic kneeling, mechanical stress, or direct injury.Knee bursitis presents as a tender, fluid-filled lump; its location—over the kneecap, below it, or on the inner knee—identifies which bursa is inflamed and thereby the cause: chronic kneeling, mechanical stress, or direct injury.
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