A bucket-handle tear is a tear of which knee structure?

A bucket-handle tear is a tear of which knee structure?

• A. ACL Tear
• B. Medial Collateral Ligament Tear
• C. Bucket-Handle Tear(Meniscus)
• D. Osteoarthritis

Answer: (C)

A bucket-handle tear is a specific pattern of meniscal tear in the knee. The menisci are the crescent-shaped cartilage cushions between the thighbone and shinbone. In this type of tear, a longitudinal split forms a piece of the meniscus that herniates or flips into the joint like the handle of a bucket, often causing the knee to lock or catch and limiting movement. Because this describes a tear of the meniscal tissue itself, it is not an ACL or MCL ligament injury and it is not degenerative osteoarthritis. So the structure involved is the meniscus, making this the correct interpretation.

A bucket-handle tear is a specific pattern of meniscal tear in the knee. The menisci are the crescent-shaped cartilage cushions between the thighbone and shinbone. In this type of tear, a longitudinal split forms a piece of the meniscus that herniates or flips into the joint like the handle of a bucket, often causing the knee to lock or catch and limiting movement. Because this describes a tear of the meniscal tissue itself, it is not an ACL or MCL ligament injury and it is not degenerative osteoarthritis. So the structure involved is the meniscus, making this the correct interpretation.