Arthroscopic Meniscus Knee Surgery

Just had knee surgery, its for work comp so I didn't get all the answers to my questions but I was told that I had 3 tears by the nurse(left, right, and middle) that were repaired, arthritis(the sea anemone looking stuff?), and scar tissue(that's the one with the pinchers that he pulled out), the awesome cannot be contained. (ps: why does my knee look like a vagina)

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• Knee
• Surgery
• Meniscus
• Arthoscopic

[kalinkross]

how long was the recovery time after the surgery?

[Conansboot]

@kalinkross well I think there is somthing else wrong with my knee as I still have not fully healed and am unable to walk without limping. Dr. said the pain was from arthritis, then on our final visit said it was not arthritis but gave no further explanation.  3-5 weeks for no crutch's... another 1 or 2 for stairs to not kill. working with work comp for another opinion.

[Conansboot]

If there are any doctors watching this video, can you tell me what all it is that hes doing? and perhaps what the parts are that he is fixing?

[Dakotahskitt]

@Conansboot The entire time he is performing this surgery through three incisions on the knee and the knee is filled with an irrigation fluid to hold the cavity open so he can work to repair the meniscus. at approximately 9:00 mins he has located the meniscus problem area and is removing that tissue. The reason you don't see any blood is because a tourniquet is applied to the upper leg and a local anestheic is adminstered to the area.Bruising is routine after this type of surgery.

[Conansboot]

@Dakotahskitt Thanks for the info! I thought that the nine minute part was the "Scar Tissue" he said he removed.. And the beginning was the tear in the meniscus that was repaired, along with all the floaty tissue.

[Dakotahskitt]

@Conansboot oh but the floating tissue that was waving in the begining is actually articular cartilage, thats the tissue that cushions the joints when you move so you don't have pain

[Dakotahskitt]

@Conansboot no problem and my mistake your right I got my wording backwards thats all on the scar tissue and meniscus. Plus every surgery has it's own unique challenges so it'll vary from person to person. The funny looking flat piece of tissue he was probing is the meniscus. I asked the doctor in the case just like yours that I scrubbed in on a few days ago

[Dakotahskitt]

@Conansboot I'm not a doctor but I'm a surgical tech student. what you see on the top is your patella aka the knee cap the floating like areas that are freely waving is the damaged tissue that the surgeon is cutting away with a shaver to reduce impingement that cause pain and inflammation. The parts where it looks like he's tazering the tissue is actually him cutting the tissue away and closing off the blood vessels using a Electrocautery device.

[101lolrockstar]

I had the same surgery

[skinmob]

THEY NEVER TELL YOU EVERYTHING. I'VE HAD TWO SURGERY'S ON THE SAME KNEE WITHIN 3 YEARS. IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE MY LAST SURGERY, AND I STILL HAVE A LOT OF PAIN AND IT'S STILL REALLY SWOLLEN, AND OF COURSE THEY WONT GIVE ANYTHING FOR IT, AND I CANT AFFORD ANOTHER SURGERY IF I NEED IT.THEY HAD TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE ARTHRITIS, BUT IF ARTHRITIS HURTS THIS BAD ALL THE TIME, JUST CUT MY LEG OFF. WISH I NEVER WOULD'VE HAD THIS SURGERY SOMETIMES.