Arthroscopic management on ligament injury in knee: Whether a meniscus is repairable depends on many different anatomic and other factors, most troublesome contraindication however is patient themselves. In todays fast world for most young individual taking prolonged bed rest to give a repaired meniscus time to heal is unthinkable. That is why like in this young individual we often settle for just ACL reconstruction and meniscoplasty (reshaping of torn meniscus) even though they are having both medial and lateral meniscus tear.
