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Both menisci can be so described: two faces, superior and inferior; two horns, anterior and posterior, which are the tibial attachments; two edges, peripheral and central; and three segments, anterior, middle, posterior. Meniscal tears can occur in any part of the meniscal tissue. They can be simple and follow one of the three planes of space: vertical longitudinal, radial and horizontal. Tears can also be complex and combine two or more “simple ruptures”. A flap tear can result from the combination of a radial and a horizontal tear.
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Dupont, J.Y. (1986). Classification of meniscal tears: therapeutic implications. In: Trickey, E.L., Hertel, P. (eds) Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Knee. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71022-3_36
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