Meniscectomy Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have a meniscectomy, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Swelling
• Bleeding
• Infection
• Blood clots in the calf
• Chronic weakness in knee joint
• Worsening or unchanged pain

Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Smoking

• Poor nutrition

• History of blood clots

• Long-term illness

• Use of certain medicines

Call Your Doctor

After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills
• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
• Swollen, discolored, or cold toes
• Pain, redness, or swelling in either calf
• Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after surgery, or which persist for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
• Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
• New, unexplained symptoms

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.