My Knee -- The Inside Story

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BEFORE photo of the meniscus tear--the problem I originally needed to have repaired.

AFTER photo of the meniscus tear--all that ragged, loose stuff (medical term) is gone.

BEFORE photo of the ragged cartilage on the back of my patella (knee cap).

AFTER photo of the back of the patella all trimmed up nice and neat.

BEFORE photo of the hole in the cartilage on the end of my femur. The white stuff is healthy cartilage, the dark star-shaped area in the center is the hole right down to bone. (The silver thing on the right is the instrument of torture used to trim the cartilage.)

AFTER photo clearly showing the holes drilled as part of the "micro-fracture" procedure to stimulate the growth of scar tissue (faux cartilage). This is the procedure that makes wearing the knee brace necessary. It allows the scar tissue to develop undisturbed.

	BEFORE photo of the meniscus tear--the problem I originally needed to have repaired.
	AFTER photo of the meniscus tear--all that ragged, loose stuff (medical term) is gone.

	BEFORE photo of the ragged cartilage on the back of my patella (knee cap).
	AFTER photo of the back of the patella all trimmed up nice and neat.

	BEFORE photo of the hole in the cartilage on the end of my femur. The white stuff is healthy cartilage, the dark star-shaped area in the center is the hole right down to bone. (The silver thing on the right is the instrument of torture used to trim the cartilage.)
	AFTER photo clearly showing the holes drilled as part of the "micro-fracture" procedure to stimulate the growth of scar tissue (faux cartilage). This is the procedure that makes wearing the knee brace necessary. It allows the scar tissue to develop undisturbed.