Osteochondritis Dissecans is a relatively common childhood problem in the knee. The name means bone and cartilage breaking away from the underlying bone. It most commonly heals by itself, but in adults, or adolescents over the age of 14, it seems more likely to break off than to heal. It is less common in girls, but the upper age cutoff for might be lowe
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David Mitchell, orthopaedic surgeon, chairs the AOA Digital Imaging Committee. He sits on a federal My Health Record committee as well, with a hope that MHR will help surgeons ultimately find patients radiology results.
Continue readingTendon Repairs/Recessions/Reconstructions/Transfers & Injections
Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine deal with many tendon conditions, both with and without surgery. The non operative group includes tendinopathies (e.g. tennis elbow, non insertional achilles tendonitis, jumpers knee) that often settle with rest/blood or PRP injections and a retraining program.
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