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Re: Anyone have similar microfracture nightmare?

Posted By: drmark
Date: Sunday, 11 May 2008, at 6:22 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Anyone have similar microfracture nightmare? (Arizona_cripple)

> I appreciate the feedback. .

> I've had 3 failed ACL surgeries (Dec '05, Nov '06, May
> '07), and the doctors cannot tell me why they failed. None
> have failed due to me trying to use them, but rather
> doctors think my body can't heal an ACL graft. I don't
> smoke, so all the doctors Heap, Carter, Cummings, cannot
> tell my why they cannot get a graft to work.

> All doctors I have talked to refuse to do another ACL
> suregery since they feel that it would do more harm than
> good.

What were the graft sources?
It would be interesting to see if you have an abnormal tibial slope. Send me some recent X-rays.
I hear this problem all the time, and usually is a pretty easy solution.
The one thing I am certain of is that your articular surface pathology is NOT the cause of the problem.

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