Knee Pain

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• The knee joint has three compartments: medial, lateral, and patellofemoral.
• Causes of knee pain include injury, degeneration, arthritis, infrequently infection, and rarely bone tumors.
  Ligaments within the knee (cruciate ligaments) and on the inner and outer sides of the knee (collateral ligaments) stabilize the joint.
• Surgical repair of ligament injury can involve suturing, grafting, and synthetic graft repair. Some patients require total knee replacement.
• Routine X-rays do not reveal meniscus tears but can be used to exclude other problems of the bones and other tissues.
• Arthroscopy and MRI studies are used most frequently to diagnose knee ailments; occasionally, a needle aspiration of fluid is done.
• The knee joint is one of the most commonly involved joints in rheumatic diseases (over 100 disease types).
• Rheumatic diseases are immune diseases that affect various tissues of the body, including the joints, by causing arthritis (pain, swelling, stiffness, and limited joint movements).