- Flap Tear:
     - one of most commmon meniscal tears and is believed to propagate from either the radial or Bucket Handle Tears;
     - separating the base of this tear is all that is required, and this probably the easiest to remove;

- Oblique Tears:
     - full thickness tears running obliquely from inner edge of meniscus out into the body of the meniscus;
     - if base of tear is posterior, it is referred to posterior oblique tear