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Re: Microfracture concerns

Posted By: p-dubs-uw
Date: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, at 2:29 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Microfracture concerns (drmark)

drmark,

What do you do when you see articular cartilage damage in a knee?

> While I don't do microfracture as I believe it to be a
> fairy tale,(drillng holes in the bone does not cause type
> two articular cartlage to form, but it does cause white
> fibrocartlage scar which and fool the uninitiated) the
> peron who posted on his bitter experience, in my opinion,
> is incorrectly placing the blame for the knee problems on
> the microfrature-a procedure that in my opinion does not
> change the natural history of the probem it is designed to
> treat.

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