Re: what is a chondral defect

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for the email. What is the recovery time- immbolizer, weight

bearing from a microfracture surgery? I'm in medical school and can't take

much time off. Did you have an injury- a trauma or did the chondral defect

just

happen? Thank you! Margaret

[Guest guest]

microfracture generally requires 8 weeks of non-weight bearing, and use of a

CPM machine for several hours a day.

http://www.steadman-hawkins.com/knee_microfracture/overview.asp

Re: what is a chondral defect

>

> Thanks so much for the email. What is the recovery time- immbolizer,

weight

> bearing from a microfracture surgery? I'm in medical school and can't take

> much time off. Did you have an injury- a trauma or did the chondral

defect just

> happen? Thank you! Margaret

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Chuck:

Could you please post an update regarding your intra-articular

growth hormone injections? How's everything holding up? Knowing

what you know now, would you do it again? etc...

A couple of people have been asking.

For those who don't know, Chuck was treated by Dr. Dunn (no

relation) in Florida a few years back. Dr. Dunn's link is here:

http://www.iagh.com

Thanks,

Doug

> >>For some reason blood did not get to the area<<

> articular cartilage is avascular, meaning it has little to no

blood supply.

> it will not heal on it's own. the microfracture procedure will

not result

> in new articular cartilage, but rather fibro-cartilage which is

inferior to

> the real thing.....but is among the best fixes available right now

in the

> US.