Total Knee Replacement, partial knee replacement MJRC India

Plica syndrome

Embryology
Plica are remnants of the partition of the embryological knee. Normally, there are thickenings within the synovial layer of the knee.


Symptoms
Intra-articular plicae are a cause of clicking symptoms when bending the knee

Diagnosis
They cause pain and swelling in the front of the knee. They can be felt as a band of tissue running across the inner side of the knee. They produce a clicking noise when the knee is bent

Treatment
Plica are rare. The orthopaedic surgeon will have to do a knee arthroscopy to confirm. The band is excised arthroscopically.other problems of the knee cap, cartilage will also have to be attended to.