Repaired by the most modern arthroscopic technique. Arthroscopy means the full ligamentous reconstruction with a graft harvested from the patient using very small incisions.
Advantages: immediate weight bearing, much faster recovery, minimal skin incisions, less painful, more esthatic
Mini invasive surgery using modern materials.
Advantage: short hospital stay, fast recovery
Arthroscopic repair: outpatient minimally invasive procedure
Arthroscopic repair depending on the size, nature of the lesion and the demand of the patient.
The cartilage defect can be repaired by:
– Precisely controlled microfractures of the underlying bone
– Cartilage auto-transplantation (mosaicplasty) for larger lesions
– Stem-cell transplantation into the cartilage defect
Arthroscopic repair: outpatient minimally invasive procedureA wide variety of the patellar problems are addressed in our clinic:
– Chronic patellar pain
– Patellar malalignment
– Patellar subluxation / dislocation
– Patellar cartilogenous lesions
– High / low riding patella (alta / baja)