Transplant hope for knee patients with torn meniscus injury
A Lanarkshire man is hoping to be saved from years of knee pain after taking part in an international transplant surgery trial. Andrew Pollock, a father-of-two from Wishaw, has become the first patient in Lanarkshire to receive a replacement meniscus – a pad of knee cartilage that acts as a shock absorber. The 29-year-old supermarket shift leader was at work around eight years ago when he felt his knee “pop” as he turned around. Doctors diagnosed a tear in his meniscus, possibly caused by regularly playing football, and said he would have to undergo an operation to remove half of it. Read more
