Talk:Microfracture surgery

message: how about adding a see also link to this article ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autologous_matrix-induced_chondrogenesis  i am a noob otherwise i would do it myself :D  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.105.3 (talk) 23:00, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
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message: I moved most of the details of Amare Stoudemire's surgery and recovery to his article.  Stoudemire is the most high-profile guy coming back from the surgery right now, but it's not the first or last time someone will undergo the surgery. Therefore, we don't need that level of detail on every individual case in this article, which should mainly focus on the procedure itself.  It's worth mentioning, though, so I did leave some info in there.  I expanded on the details of Stoudemire's recovery and added some references in his article. -Big Smooth 16:49, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Amaré Stoudemire]]

message: I apparently neglected to remove some of the copyrighted material in my previous edits.  There is a new version of the page available at Talk:Microfracture surgery/Temp which should not infringe on the A.D.A.M. copyright. -Big Smooth 18:02, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
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message: A relative of mine had this surgery. He is about 60 years old.
* Surgery went smoothly.
* He was mostly sedentary during his six-week post-surgery recovery period: if not using the provided continuous passive motion machine 6 hours per day, he was using his computer.
* In the middle of the sixth week of this recovery, he began experiencing:
** General pain in the leg having had the surgery.
** Pain when breathing, e.g. pain in the lungs. His wife said one night he screamed from the pain, took a breath, screamed again, took a breath breath, and so on. But this pain subsided, and he was able to fall asleep later.
** Shortness of breath and loss of stamina: dizziness and near-blackout after climbing a flight of stairs.
* Days later, his wife forced him to see a doctor. He was admitted to ER immediately.
** Blood clots were found throughout his leg and lungs. He had a "saddle embolus", a clot that straddles the branch in the pulmonary artery, reducing blood flow to both lungs. This sort of embolism was described by the nurse as a "widow maker", and is usually fatal.
** Smaller clots were scattered around the lung tissue. Some small areas of lung tissue died, having their blood flow blocked. This was painful.
* His condition stabilized, and he is on warfarin to reduce the risk of further clotting.
I'm a programmer, not a doctor. I see a correlation of:
* his age
* this surgery
* a sedentary recovery
* his refusal to seek medical attention promptly
* the saddle embolus
After having this surgery, you might consider regularly "walking" around using your crutches, or vigorous exercise (crunches?) to increase your heartrate. The idea is to keep the blood moving, and avoid having clots form in your legs.
Talk to a physical therapist and your doctor! A-Day (c)(t) 04:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
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message: The sentence "Chronic articular cartilage defects do not heal spontaneously." is referenced by "Hunter W (1743) "On the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages." Trans R Soc Lond 42B:514-21". Can someone please give a more recent reference. I doubt that the last source on the info is almost three centuries old.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.73.140.202 (talk) 08:29, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Chronic articular cartilage defects do not heal spontaneously." reference 

message: The background is very technical.  Please consider using terms more suited for a general audience.  As an example, I'm not sure what "pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells" are. This next sentence is also a little over my head: "...may heal with repair tissue consisting of fibrous tissue, fibrocartilage or hyaline-like cartilage".  It would help to have some brief mention of where they are located and how they are different.  At the very least have a parenthetical sentence with some links to relevant definitions. BBAmp (talk) 19:24, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
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