scar tissue

Neuroma Excision and Open Scar Tissue Debridement

missmyknee — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:01:33 -0700

"The next step is to schedule surgery." This was the message in an email I received from the doctor's office, after reporting no improvement from the nerve blocks and cortisone shot. I had been having severe nerve pain on the medial side since my surgery in Oct 07. This is a continuation of my blog titled, Nerve Entrapment, A Second Time. Because of this, I was now scheduled for surgery on April 2nd, for Neuroma Excision. This surgery is almost 6 mos to the date from my last surgery in Oct 07.

Scar Tissue-Nerve Entrapment......A Second time

missmyknee — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:29:34 -0800

If you’ve been following my stories about scar tissue, you will know that I previously had scar tissue compressing the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve. This was back in 2005. It was surgically debrided , decompressed and excised in 2006.

Who's Who In arthrofibrosis surgery?

missmyknee — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:30:34 -0800

This is a list of OS names in the U.S who have demonstrated success in dealing with Arthrofibrosis. This list was composed by forum users. Some names denoted by (TKR) are also known to handle Arthrofibrosis after TKR.

Dr David Blaha - Michigan, USA (TKR)

Dr Scott Dye- San Francisco, CA, USA

Delee Osteotomy For Patella Baja/Infera and Infrapatellar Contracture Syndrome (IPCS)

missmyknee — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:49:32 -0800

"Patella baja and infrapatellar contracture syndrome are one of the worst conditions for a patient to have and for a physician to treat." These were the words of my first knee specialist doctor.

I was diagnosed with patella baja and infrapatellar contracture syndrome in July of 2001. This came 11 mos after my horseback riding accident, where I broke my tibia and fibula in 4 places. I developed arthrofibrosis of my knee, after the nailing procedure thru my knee, to repair the tibia fractures.

Scar Tissue Causing Nerve Entrapment and Compression

missmyknee — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:53:42 -0700

Scar tissue can be an insidious fiend.

I've been dealing with scar tissue/arthrofibrosis for 7 yrs. I've had it grow on just about every structure, in my knee. Among the many structures, scar tissue made it's way, to one of my nerves. The Infrapatellar Branch of the Saphenous nerve. This nerve is located anteromedially, very close to the MCL.

Patella baja, infrapatellar contracture syndrome and arthrofibrosis after intramedullary nailing

missmyknee — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:24:00 -0700

Arthrofibrosis is a terrible, terrible, unrelenting condition.

Need Flexion ? Get ERMI !

missmyknee — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:37:09 -0700

What A Great Machine !

Lessons I have learned about arthrofibrosis

missmyknee — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:24:47 -0700

One of the first lessons I learned about Arthrofibrosis:

KNOWLEDGE- Learn as much about this condition as you can possibly find. Your knowledge on Arthrofibrosis will provide you with the information needed to make the correct decisions regarding your medical care. Many a time, I have said, " If I only knew then, what I know now". This can apply to any medical problem you might face.

Proximal Z-plasty

missmyknee — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:49:43 -0700

One of my surgeries was for scar tissue was Oct 10, 2007. This was an open debridement and a procedure I had never heard of called, a Proximal Z-plasty.

The open debridement began with a 6 inch incision thru my previous incision. This incision has been opened up 8 times. Scar tissue was removed anteriorly, infrapatellar, medially. After this debridement, the doctor went on to perform a proximal z-plasty.