54 Years old female suffering for left knee apin for last 3 months, came to visit Dr Pankaj Ortho centre at sector 77 Noida.
After examination,MRI was advised, which showed--- osteochondral defect at weight bearing medial femoral condyle, Osteochondral or early cartilage defect is wear and tear proceess leading to Osteoarthritis of knee.
As her pain was not settling with medicines and physiotherapy, she was operated arthroscopically micro fracture.This procedure removes worn out cartilage and with micro drilling, bleeding starts, stem cells starts working and stimulates fresh cartilage formation.
For Any early osteoarthritis knee or focal cartilage damage around knee joint, consult Dr Pankaj kumar at Elite mart,sector 77 ,Noida or call 9599738924 for appointment.