Bucket handle horizontal cleavage tear of medial meniscus with congenital deformity– A case report

Abstract

Abstract Bucket Handle tears occur most commonly in the medial meniscus. A typical Bucket Handle tear is a vertical tear from femoral surface of meniscus to tibial surface and extending longitudinally along the length of the meniscus from the anterior horn or body to the posterior part of the meniscus. The reported case is a rare one of horizontal cleavage tear of meniscus which developed bucket handle tear extending from anterior third of body to the posterior body in an ACL deficient knee and valgus deformity of lower limb and agenesis of 5th Metatarsal. The type of meniscal tear along with other contributory clinical findings makes this case unique. This has been successfully treated using outside in sutures and ACL reconstruction.