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The 51-year-old television technician Mr. M had pain in the left knee that had bothered him for several decades and forced him to give up sports altogether. In his youth, he was on the national table tennis team. In the early 1990s he underwent arthroscopic surgery, but with no lasting result. Total knee joint replacement was then suggested by various orthopaedic surgeons - a solution the patient did not like the sound of at all. As an alternative to knee joint replacement, abrasion arthroplasty and osteotomy was performed in August 2002. The following pre- and post- operative arthroscopic and x-ray views clearly demonstrate the newly grown cartilage and the improved alignment of the vertical axis of the leg. In January 2003, when the hardware was removed, an additional ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) replacement with a quadrupled semitendinosus graft was performed. Meanwhile, the patient is very happy with the knee and has returned to leisure time table tennis with no problems - something that was unthinkable before. |
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3. Mr. M: A 51-year-old television technician with a history of problems going back multiple decades that had forced him to give up sports completely; previous, unsuccessful arthritis surgery in the early 1990s.
