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Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine. Cartilage Surgery. Anatomy. Anatomy. Cartilage Injury - Generalized. Cartilage Injury - Focal. Symptoms of Cartilage Injury. Pain Swelling “Catching” Locking. Arthroscopic Surgery. Arthroscopic Surgery. Chondroplasty.
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Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine
Symptoms of Cartilage Injury • Pain • Swelling • “Catching” • Locking
Fixation of Osteo-chondral Lesion (OCD) X-Ray MRI
Goal Pain-free knee that does not swell, catch, or lock
Possible Risks and Complications • Anesthetic • Neurovascular injury • Stiffness • Infection • Blood clot • Pain, swelling, mechanical symptoms
Rehab Depends on the procedure: • If simple chondroplasty, able to bear weight when comfortable; rehab individualized • If microfracture, OATS, or Carticel, period of nonweightbearing or weightbearing in a brace followed by rehab
No surgery is ever “guaranteed,” and we cannot “cure” arthritis
However, there are good options to alleviate symptoms and restore normal function