Conditions
Before surgery is recommended, the risk and benefits of alternative treatments is considered for each condition. Non operative and the least invasive measures like prevention, rest, heat, ice compression, therapy, NSAIDS, Tylenol, muscle relaxants, and pain alleviating devices are considered. Surgery is recommended when it offers a greater clinical outcome or there was a failure to resolve symptoms by other methods.
Patellar tendonitis (Jumper’s knee)
Inflammation of tendon connecting kneecap to shin.
Femur Knee
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Pain around front of knee and patella.
Femur Knee
Septic arthritis of knee
Infection within the knee joint.
Femur Knee
Chondromalacia patellae
Softening and degeneration of cartilage under kneecap.
Femur Knee
Patellar fracture
Break of kneecap bone.
Femur Knee
Osteoarthritis of knee
Degenerative cartilage loss in knee joint.
Femur Knee
LCL sprain
Injury of lateral collateral ligament.
Femur Knee
Baker’s cyst
Fluid-filled swelling behind the knee.
Femur Knee
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Pediatric traction apophysitis of tibial tubercle.
Femur Knee
Distal femur fracture
Break near lower end of femur.
Femur Knee
