Are there any sports or activities that make someone prone to cartilage damage?
A large number of the patients have had traumatic injuries in football or other contact and collision sports where they have injury to a knee or ligament. The clock starts ticking after that injury, and the cartilage wears over time. In treatment, part of the cartilage is removed and the patient does fine. Then five to 10 years down the road they start to get arthritis forming in the area where the injury occurred or where cartilage was removed. So my college athlete friend who had scar tissue removed in her knee could have gotten a transplant done instead? It’s not that simple. The first line of treatment for most people is an arthroscopy to allow the area to breathe and clean up. We see how they do. If they don’t do well, then transplantation is considered. [An arthroscopy uses a camera-guided tube with optical viewing fibers as part of a procedure to clean out scar tissue in a joint.] How many types of cartilage transplants are there? There are at least 20 or 30 transplant options i
