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M.B.'s
Knee Surgery
Hey
there, I am M.B. and I recently went through arthoscopic knee surgery and thought
I would share the experience. The following are photos detailing the process.
The first two are MRIs of my left knee before the operation and the rest are taken
during the operation using a scope. All the photos were provided by Dr. Stone
of the Stone Clinic in San Francisco.
The
blue arrow is pointing to the culprit, that small white shadow is a tear in the
meniscus. The meniscus is a gasket-like thing that helps cushion the top and bottom
of the knee when you put weight on your leg.
In
this MRI the arrow is pointing at the bone surface of the femur. Those black splotches
could have meant a cartilidge graft and would have meant 4 weeks on crutches if
it had turned out to be a problem.
Now
we're in the operating room. Three small holes around the knee allow tubes with
specialized instruments down into the inner spaces. The ends of the leg bones
are those upper and lower white surfaces and in this image we can see the frothy-looking
piece of torn meniscus.
A
careful bit of cutting and the offending bit is gone, leaving the rest of the
meniscus intact behind.
Here's
a quick check of the outer part of the meniscus, this is what meniscus should
look like. My injury was on the inside portion of my left knee. The tip of the
probe you see in these photos is 1 millimeter across, to give you an idea of the
size.
BONUS
PHOTO! This is a passing shot of my ACL, just for fun. Looks nice huh? I hope
no one is eating lunch.
The Stone Clinic
3727 Buchanan Street • San
Francisco CA 94123 • info@stoneclinic.com • (415)
563-3110
