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Arthroscopic knee surgery

knee surgery
Can you spot the problem
with this knee?
(Click to see full size image.)

Our 14-year-old son has come through his arthroscopic knee surgery well. The surgeon was very pleased. (She’s also amazingly kind.) Our son’s problem was bilateral osteochondral media femoral condyles, or at least that’s what I copied out of his case file. Possible that was the solution, not the problem. Possibly it’s the new type of martini sweeping the medical bars. In any case, they drilled holes in his bone to stimulate the flow of blood in order to take care of the bilateral osteochondral lesions (or, in lay terms, “chilled with a twist of lemon”).

He’ll be on crutches for six weeks, and then six weeks after that he goes in to have the other knee done. If it works, he’ll be able to dance again in 6 months; the doctors had forced him to stop doing almost all athletics — he was taking 5 dance classes a week — for the past year.

By the way, if you click on the photo, you’ll see a more detailed view. See if you can spot what his problem was!

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20 Responses to “Arthroscopic knee surgery”

  1. Clearly evident, (though perhaps not self-evident) in the 5th & 6th phases of your son’s knee-moons, is the major problem.

    there is a foregin object, perhaps a probe, which will no doubt hinder him in his later years by setting off metal detectors.

    i wish him a speed recovery.

  2. I have just had arthroscopic knee surgery a week ago fri. I was wondering how long it will continue to swell during the day. And also how long before i can walk without a limp. I am an average 37yr old, with semi-active status.

  3. Roger, I’m sure it depends on what your exact surgery was, the shape your knee was in, etc.. But our son was on crutches for three months. He was icing his knee for months. Once he was done, he was totally limp free. Your mileage almost certainly will vary.

  4. I had arthropic i was on crutches one week i am to have surgery on the same knee

  5. I am having arthroscopic surgery for 4 mediscus tears on the inside portion of my knee. What is the recovery like? Pain? How long until I can walk fairly normally? Anybody that has comments please email me. Thanks alot

  6. he has a little buggy in his knee =)

  7. I had knee surgery almost 2 months ago. I can honestly say, I am very hard headed. After I woke up the 2nd time, I immeadiatly got out of bed and started walking on it. I think it was the drugs. I continued to walk on it and move my room around that evening. I started taking my meds immeadiatly. I even set my alarm to go off just so I could take the meds at the scheduled time. Doing that, I kept the pain to a min because I didn’t let it get to the point where it started to hurt. I propped my leg up and even slept that way with ice to keep the swelling down. I was determined not to be a “gimp” for long so I started walking on it the next day. I pushed myself everyday. I think I pushed a little too fast though. Short trips to the kitchen or bathroom. After the required 5 days, I took my wrap off and was SCARED!! I couldn’t really bend it and I was afraid because I didnt have the support of the wrap. I kept walking on it and taking my meds. If I left the house, I used my crutches. I started physical therapy 3 times a week for 4 weeks and it really helped!!! I think by my 3rd week, I had stopped limping and I had a better range of motion. Present day: I have completed PT. I still have some pain and I still can’t completely extend it straight without pain or a feeling of tightness. A week ago, I had to get a cortizone (sp) shot IN my knee to help with the pain. So far, the shot hasn’t helped. I still can’t dance nor can I do any type of exercises. *shrug* I hope it gets better soon. I also hope my personal experience helps readers.

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