fluid formation in knee

as per MRI, MEDIAL PATELLAR RETINACULUM SHOWS THICKENING AND   IRREGULARITY -? PARTIAL TEAR

* MILD CONTUSION OF ACL.

* MILD PATELLO-FEMORAL JOINT EFFUSION EXTENDING ANTERIORLY INTO THE PREPATELLAR SUBCUTANEOUS PLANE.

* BONE CONTUSION IN THE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE OF FEMUR.

Please suggest me the correct treatment.  Thanking you

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

Rest and avoid weight bearing.

If possible follow up with an orthopedician for a proper examination and also wear a knee cast for couple of weeks or wear a knee brace.

You can apply ice packs regularly and also take intermittent NSAIDs for pain relief.

Consider surgery if the conservative treatment fails.

Take care!

[RAMESH0605]

whether the drained knee bursa sac obsorbs in the body on its own.  Any medicinal treatment is required.  Please advise me.

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

A Baker’s cyst or a popliteal cyst is a swelling caused by collection of synovial fluid which has escaped from the knee joint, protruding in the area which is back of the knee. Check if you have a baker's cyst?

The treatment for Baker’s cyst includes rest, keeping your leg propped up for several days, massage treatments by a physiotherapist, compression wraps/elastic bandage, NSAIDs and cortisone injections. It may even recede on its own. If not consider surgical treatment.

Take care!