Orthoscopic surgery

[lesliemarie]

Has anyone had orthoscopic surgery on their knee? I was wondering because I went to PT and they said They think it is best to have that surgery. I go back to the orthopedic surgeon on Monday to see what he is going to do for my knee since it is still swollen and in pain.

 

[AKirkland]

Yep, it's relatively easy compared to some procedures. It's outpatient. My parents drove me home and I snoozed the anesthesia off most of the afternoon. I think I was on crutches for a few days, although the doc wanted me to start putting weight on it the next day. Had to avoid stairs for a while. Also had some PT post surgery.

 

[ColleenM]

I had it 20 years ago (whew that makes me feel old!). I had to stay overnight only because I was in college in the dorms and there wasn't a family member to take care of me. I used crutches for 3 days. The recuperation time is very minimal compared to other surgeries and I'm sure it is even better than it was way back then.

Colleen

 

[lesliemarie]

how does your knees feel now after you had the procedure? my knee right now is killing me and making it so hard to walk up and down stairs. I will find out Monday what the doctor wants to do.

 

[ColleenM]

In my case, it was exploratory surgery. They didn't have MRIs "back in the day". I had the procedure where the inject dye into your knee and then x-ray. Showed an 80% chance of a torn meniscus. So off to surgery we went. Turns out there wasn't anything they could do surgically to fix the knee. I think I'm not the the norm tho. I'm sure now they could have seen with an MRI that it was not torn cartilage at all causing the problems.

Colleen