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Re: Knee surgery, microfracture, abrasion of patella and lateral release
Re: Knee surgery, microfracture, abrasion of patella and lateral release -- Posted by me@andyspages.org.uk on 09-23-04 07:22
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:03:37 +0100, See sig
wrote:
>
>My wife is 58 and has bone to bone contact between her femur and
>patella. Her patella is also 'tilted' towards the outside of the knee
>due to the absence of cartilage.
>
>The consultant has recommended that the following procedures should be
>carried out:
>
>
>1./ Microfracture of the trochlea, to allow bone marrow and stem
>cells to seep through and grow a 'cartilage' type tissue over the
>bone.
>
>2./ Abrasion anthroplasty of the patella.
>
>3./ Lateral retinacular release of the patella to correct the 'tilt'
>and also to to relieve pressure on the new 'cartilage'.
>
>
>We would be very grateful to receive comments or advice regarding
>their experience or knowledge of above, either directly by email or
>posting to this group.
>
>In particular, we would greatly appreciate comments on lateral release
>as we understand that it is hard to correct if it goes wrong and the
>outcome does not always appear to be succesful.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Ron
>
Hello Ron & Wife,
I noted your post on MHA ASA UPSA and this group and the fact that you
to date only seem to have had one response from adelle on ASA. I'm
affraid I can't really be much help either with your questions above,
but wish your wife all the best in whatever she decides to do. I do
have a link which is meant as a kids educational thing but is very
imformative about TKRs should that eventually become an option:
http://edheads.org/activities/knee/
hope that helps
Andy
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