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Re: day 22 for 12 yo daughter
Posted By: drmark
Date: Thursday, 1 May 2008, at 4:02 p.m.
In Response To: Re: day 22 for 12 yo daughter (AggieCatcher2)
> I went with Dr. Stone in San Francisco, and his failure
> rate is far less than 30%. However, if I get 3-5 years of
> pain free actvities, that would be worth it to me. Anything
> more than that is just a bonus. I had pain associated with
> all of my athletic endevors, so being pain free is major
> for me. My remaining meniscus (20%) was torn in half, so, I
> had no choice but to be without cartilege (a guarantee for
> arthiritis) or to have the procedure and continue my
> quality of life. It was no brainer.
> As for the ACL's, I wonder why the Bengals didn't use an
> opposite ACL autograft for their $100M quarterback Carson
> Palmer? My thought is that some Drs are ahead of the curve
> on certain procedures, and the rest haven't caught up yet
> or are happy with the outcome of their methods (or like you
> on the meniscal allograft don't like the research numbers).
> I hear from sales reps who market the allograft cartilege
> (which is apparently a hot item right now by the way) that
> many of the Drs aren't willing to put in the time to learn
> the meniscal allograft procedure, and some are also shying
> away from it due to the fact it takes 3+ hours of OR time.
> They can churn out two ACL recons in that same time. Just a
> cynic here, but sounds believable. Dr. Stone also reports
> that if its done wrong, it will have devastating effects on
> the knee, so some docs don't want to have that exposure. My
> college teamate, a internist, had this done 6 years ago,
> and he swears by it today (done by a differnet doc).
> I'll keep you updated, but so far (second knock on wood) so
> good.
> P.S. I had an ACL "repair" in 1987 on my other
> knee and my doc did a "Tenodisis" during an open
> procedure. That's all I remember since I was 15 at the
> time. I was in a cast for a month afterwards (can't even
> fathom that now). However, I have never had a problem with
> that knee since...funny how we are always looking at the
> cutting edge, but sometimes great results come from old
> methods.
A considerable number of NFL players have entered the criminal justice system. The famous pitcher from Houston may be indicted for perjury, as all ready the all time home run king has. A famous QB is in prison for dog fighting. All they guys have lswyers, and expensive ones. Do they listen to them? Probably not.
Have whatever ACL graft you want, but dont follow the actions of a professional ball player. They don't always make good decisions.
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