> "In the medial compartment, there was a very complex
> tear of the posterior horn medial meniscus which was
> peripheral at the meniscocapsular junction and also had
> horizontal flap tears. It was not repairable and therefore
> it was resected almost back to the capsule posteriorly. We
> contoured at the body but very little posterior horn was
> remaining.
> The medial femoral condyle had a grade 4 full thickness
> cartilage lesion which was 8 mm in diameter in the center
> of the condyle posteiriorly. It was stable and left alone.
> Raminder of the cartilage was normal. Medial Tibial plateau
> was normal.
> In the lateral compartment, there was a long tear in the
> posterior horn, lateral meniscus, adjacent to the
> intercondylar notch. IT was 10mm in length. It was reshened
> with a shaver and fixed with a single FasT-Fix and repaired
> anatatomically. Laterla tibial plateu was diffusely soft
> but intact. Lateral femoral condyle was normal."
> The medial menisectomy section worried me a bit since the
> doctor had said not much was removed from it and it was
> stable. The lateral repair sounds like it was a single
> stitch and wasn't that big a deal - in fact today (2 weeks
> post op) he told me I should treat this like any other acl
> repair now and begin weightbearing as tolerated.
> Could any of the experts such as Dr Mark, SueBW, or OLarry
> put their two cents in? Anyone else with a similar
> experience please feel free to contribute.
> Many thanks, Ken
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Absent the medial mesnicus, the knee will never be as stable, and between those two and a full thickness cartlage loss from the medial femur, arthritis is around corner. Are you bowlegged?
It sounds like this knee has seen quite a bit of trouble. Beyond rehab, it would be good to keep your weight ideal, not to smoke, exercise regularly, and consider cartlage suppliments medications
