Beaumont Doctors Specializing in Sports Medicine Sports Medicine
Cartilage Surgery
Anatomy
Cartilage Injury - Generalized
Cartilage Injury - Focal
Symptoms of Cartilage Injury Pain Swelling Catching Locking
Arthroscopic Surgery
Chondroplasty
Microfracture
Carticel
Fixation of Osteo- chondral Lesion (OCD) X-RayMRI
Fixation of Osteo- chondral Lesion
Osteochondral Autografting
Osteotomy
Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty
Total Knee Replacement
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