Dubai: A teenage Emirati boy, born with a rare lateral Discoid Meniscus (DM), was operated upon by surgeons of Mayo Clinic, United States and partially underwent surgery for growth plate removal in the UAE, to be able to avert severe arthritis that could have been triggered owing to his congenital condition. Ahmad Amer Sharif, now 16, the son of Dr Amer Sharif, Chair of Dubai’s COVID Command and Control Centre, was born with a congenital lateral DM, which was causing pain, swelling, frequent snapping sound in the knee due to misalignment and could have resulted in arthritis in later years. What is a meniscus? A meniscus is a C-shaped piece of tough, rubbery cartilage in our knee that acts a
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