Kellyg,
I am curious about your decision to move forward with this procedure. I have a fairly significant amount of articular cartilage damage in my left knee. I had a LR, menisectomy, and cartilage debridement in August. The surgeon was quite surprised by the amount of damage. I have grade IV damage (read "arthritis") in three compartments. Initially, the PA who works for the surgeon said that I would eventually need a knee replacement; however, on a subsequent visit to my OS, he said that he recommends a mosaicplasty (OATS) with an allograft. However, he felt that since I recovered so incredibly well from my surgery that I should wait. I do have problems and like most people with arthritis, I can go 2 months with no problems, then all of a sudden, I have problems - swelling, pain, etc. However, I can usually work through this. So my question to you is, what made you finally decide to go forward? What was your diagnosis and how functional are you? Since you looking at an allograft versus autograft, what type of pre-op work did they do (i.e. x-rays, MRIs)?
Thanks...Janice
