Hi All! I'm new to this website and I thought I would share my story about Osteochondritis Dissacens.
I was diagnosed in Sept 09 having gone for a routine arthroscopy for what my surgeon thought and admitted too was a cartilage tear. Yep, a day case procedure with approx one months recovery....but no......woke up outside the theatre doors with a nurse leaning over me saying 'it was a bit more complicated than we first thought'.....thats when my nightmare began.....they found a piece of bone the size of a 1p which was fixed with a stainless steel screw in the medial femoral condyle ( the weightbearing end of your femur on the inside of your knee). Have been post op now nearly 8 months. Anyone else here have OCD?
Here is the first xray after open surgery with the screw and 16 staples.
