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Failed micro-fracture surgery for torn articular knee cartilage.

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kelvin
kelvin

I tore articular cartilage in my right knee and had micro fracture surgery in December of 2017. It lasted a little over a year before having more problems and continues to grow worse. I am having another surgery in a few weeks. We believe the repair has failed. I know the patella has frayed and will have to be shaved down for the third time in two years and will have cartilage loss in the knee. I wont know about the articular cartilage until after the surgery. If it is articular again my doctor says he may not be able to do anything. I am too old for growing the cartilage in a lab, since i have defects in both the femur and patella i can not use doner bone and cant harvest my own cartilage to be moved over and i am too young for a knee replacement. I am 45 years old and play a lot of tennis. What are my options? should i push for a replacement? are there other surgeries?

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