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Knee Replacement seems OVER THE TOP for reduced cartilage...
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:22 pm
When the cartilage wears out in the knee, it seems a "cartilage substitute" could be inserted and attached, kind of like getting new brake pads on the car. Replacing the entire knee seems to be the one trick orthopedic docs use as their standard job for these knee issues.
Can someone please invent the cartilage substitute? I don't have the free time to do it.
Can someone please invent the cartilage substitute? I don't have the free time to do it.
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:23 pm to SabinBear
That doctor has boat and condo fees to pay!
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:42 pm to SabinBear
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Can someone please invent the cartilage substitute?
Well, they can actually do some cartilage movement and microfracture surgery kind of forms a scaffold for that. Problem is - you get the wrong kind of cartilage - you get fibrous which just wears right off.
You're thinking brake pad, which is the wrong mental model - it's more like lubricant - hyaline cartilage (the good stuff) while technically "solid" tissue, is super slick, like a good lubricant (or engine coating if you want a more direct analogy) and that is what is extraordinarily difficult to replace once gone.
I've been watching with some interest (my left knee has been going out for about 5 years - I've tried not to baby it, but I avoid doing too much extra damage to it - I'm still young) - the progress of a product by an Israeli company - it's a biphasic implant that is installed via a form of microfracture surgery - it's organic coral based, and it encourages bone growth underneath and hyaline cartilage growth over the top, with or without lesions, with or without bone loss. It's slowly but surely making it's way through U.S. trials.
Cartiheal's amazing Agili-C
I might be able to run again some day.
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:44 pm to SabinBear
Yeah...that would be a ROCKY recovery.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:45 pm to Ace Midnight
Why not get your conceal carry and not worry about running?
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:45 pm to SabinBear
We don’t need your cutting remarks around this joint pal.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:50 pm to SabinBear
Just put a little Temper-Pedic pad in there
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:53 pm to NoShow
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That doctor has boat and condo fees to pay!
No shite. I fell off a motorcycle and had to have a partial knee replacement. The bill was $55,000. The surgeon's share for 15 minutes of work was $4,800. The bill for using the operating room for that 15 minutes was $22,000. I paid $4,000 out of pocket. Medical costs are way out of control.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 5:56 pm to SabinBear
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Knee Replacement seems OVER THE TOP for reduced cartilage...
As complicated and as scary as it sounds, it has a very high success rate. Ortho surgeons do dozens of them every day in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:10 pm to SabinBear
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Knee Replacement seems OVER THE TOP for reduced cartilage...
It works, and works very well.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:11 pm to member12
Once your pain level is intolerable you'll beg for that knee replacement. Don't forget the physical therapy after and you'll be rolling before you know it. It's a brutal surgery though.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:34 pm to Wolfmanjack
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It's a brutal surgery though.
Not really, its like 45 mins. It hurts but thats what nerve blocks are for.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:36 pm to onmymedicalgrind
Did you choose a specialty yet, OMMG?
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:40 pm to dewster
Yep, this topic right here
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:47 pm to Wolfmanjack
My knee replacement 2 years ago was the best thing that I have done.
When the pains gets to be enough, you will know.
The worst part of the whole procedure is the constipation from the drugs.
After 2 weeks the rest was a breeze, even the rehab was ok, just do what they say. Don't do any more or less.
When the pains gets to be enough, you will know.
The worst part of the whole procedure is the constipation from the drugs.
After 2 weeks the rest was a breeze, even the rehab was ok, just do what they say. Don't do any more or less.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 7:20 pm to Kentucker
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using the operating room for that 15 minutes
I'm certain you're grossly understating the time for that.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 7:43 pm to Evolved Simian
Bio cartilage graft, about a year old technique. Drill holes in your femur apply the bio cartilage (cadaver cartilage mix) and some paste type stuff to seal it in. 8 week non weight bearing immobilized recovery
Posted on 2/19/18 at 8:46 pm to Kentucker
What did insurance or medicaid actually pay the dr?...
Posted on 2/19/18 at 8:53 pm to SabinBear
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When the cartilage wears out in the knee, it seems a "cartilage substitute" could be inserted and attached, kind of like getting new brake pads on the car.
Damn, somebody should have thought of that.
I’m gonna steal your idea, write it up, and get riyyyyach.
Look out Jimmie Andrews, I’m coming for you
Posted on 2/19/18 at 8:59 pm to Ace Midnight
I had microfracture done in September of 2016. I’ve had good results. Pain is gone. I’m only 26 though so I don’t know how long it will hold. I asked my doctor and he said if it does wear out I could have another microfracture since I had good results the first time.
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