SURGERY #6 – 12/07/2006 – Dr. Kimball – Parked Motorcycle Fell and Buckled Left Knee

#1 Damaged Femoral Groove Before Surgery. Lots of rough ridges. #2 Lateral Notch w/ ACL in the Background. #3 Femoral Groove after being smoothed out. Possible pick cardoplasty performed. This stimulates new vasculation and regrowth. #4 Lateral Femoral Condyle. Healthy. The crater from surgery #5 is gone. A pick cardoplasty (bone microfracturing) was performed on this one and it’s smoothed over. It’s like a miniature stem-cell growth. Fantastic.

#1 Lateral Meniscus. Healthy. On the Right is the Lateral Femoral Cartilage where the 2005 crater was. It’s filled in and polished over. Fantastic. #2 Medial Meniscus. #3 Lateral Notch. That may be the old crater. #4 ACL. The frothy strands were shaved off. This doesn’t tighten the ACL, just cleans it up.

#1 ACL. The frothy strands were shaved off. This doesn’t tighten the ACL, just cleans it up. #2 Patella. #3 Medial Meniscus. A small dangling piece was shaved off. #4 Medial Meniscus. A small piece was shaved off, but is still pretty healthy.