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Question:
I fell at night, when I went to the hospital in the morning, the doctor gave me an MRI and reported that I had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of my right knee. Tell me I should be hospitalized for surgery. I take a few days off to think about it. The doctor has prescribed medicine for me to take, when I go home, I can walk normally, only feeling a little pain. Is that a ruptured cruciate ligament? Because when I asked my friends, they said that the ligaments were broken and walking was very painful.
Le Thi Thu
Answer:
I don't know your age, you were taken by a doctor with an MRI of your knee and diagnosed you with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in your right knee and assigned you to be hospitalized for surgery. As you asked, is it painful to walk when the anterior cruciate ligament is broken? I would like to answer: if you have an injury and lead to a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee, you will have pain in the first days of the injury, there may be signs of knee effusion due to blood spillage, then The condition will gradually improve, the patient can gradually return to walking lightly, only feel the knee to feel loose, the knee may be tired, it may feel a little sore or painful when running fast or going up and down stairs. These symptoms are individual and can vary from person to person. The decision to have anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery is based on two factors: examination of your injured knee with signs of knee loosening (positive anterior drawer) and MRI scan: there is an image of anterior cruciate ligament rupture. your knee joint. You should go to the hospital of Vinmec health system and take the MRI film with you so that you can be examined by a specialist and given a reasonable treatment method for you. Best regards."
Answered by Doctor of General Surgery & Anesthesia, Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.
