Hello all,

I am pending having my 2nd Fulkerson for patella baja-infera and congenital tracking issues that have failed to respond to many other  procedures. Long story...but now I have something new to worry about on top of all the other things. I'm a  high risk patient due to my fibrosis issues. Getting worse after the procedure is very real and it's why I've put this surgery off for so long.

It seems, I have a flattened groove. One OS called it flat (very experienced) and another young OS mentioned the word, shallow. Is there a difference? Is flattened the same as shallow. I just read another post that said a shallow groove was a negative for a person having a TTT. How about "flattened" same thing or not?

Oddly I've been seeing OS's for years and years and I only remember hearing about my flat and shallow groove recently. If this is dumb forgive me. I was wondering if my horrible patella position and the years of maltracking and pressure from the baja could have reshaped the groove I was born with.

Thanks for any input.

Callie

Hi Callie

Its called Trochlear Dysplasia, my right knee has a shallow groove and my left knee has a flat groove, I've had TTTs on both knees and they have both been successful but I do not have any problems with fibrosis, all I can tell you is that my grooves are pretty non-existent but the TTTs still worked for me, I had them done 10 and 15 years ago and they're still holding up!  Good luck if you decide to go ahead with the surgery.

Natalie.