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steelerz · 09-23-2003, 10:43 AM

If it's a torn cartilage they'll probably go with orthoscopic (sp?) surgery. Thats what I had done. The surgery was only three small holes around the knee to insert the scope and repair the tear. Recovery was only a few weeks. I had an MRI done before the surgery that came up negative so they thought it was just the cartilage. On mine they ended up finding out that I had torn my ACL also. My ACL surgery is another story.My Doc said it wasn't common for torn ACL not to show up on the MRI but it happens sometimes. Just wanted to give you this for your information. This (plus a few other injuries) happened to me in a pretty bad accident so hopefully your's won't be as bad. If I can tell you anything else let me know. Hopefully it will just be cartilage damage.

09-23-2003, 10:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
steelerz Insane	If it's a torn cartilage they'll probably go with orthoscopic (sp?) surgery. Thats what I had done. The surgery was only three small holes around the knee to insert the scope and repair the tear. Recovery was only a few weeks. I had an MRI done before the surgery that came up negative so they thought it was just the cartilage. On mine they ended up finding out that I had torn my ACL also. My ACL surgery is another story.My Doc said it wasn't common for torn ACL not to show up on the MRI but it happens sometimes. Just wanted to give you this for your information. This (plus a few other injuries) happened to me in a pretty bad accident so hopefully your's won't be as bad. If I can tell you anything else let me know. Hopefully it will just be cartilage damage. Last edited by steelerz; 09-23-2003 at 10:57 AM..