The way that cysts and spurs come about is that the disordered bone tries to desperately heal the damage in its joint surface. Bone is dissolved (resorbed) from some areas and built up in others, but in a disordered way, leaving holes in some places and heaped up areas in others - cysts and spurs. The cysts and spurs contribute to joint ...

Small spurs are seldom a problem - rather they are just an X-ray indicator that there is an arthritic process going on inside the knee. But if the bone spurs do become large and symptom atic, they can be abraded away using a rotating burr (by arthroscopic abrasion or abrasion arthroplasty ).

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High tibial osteotomy is an alternative to knee replacement in the 40-65 year age group with early knee arthritis. It is also a surgical technique to protect delicate cartilage and meniscal work, and can help to improve some ligament laxities.

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Early osteoarthritis is managed conservatively with anti-inflammatory medications, removal of fluid in the joint and injections into the knee. As deformity progresses, minor procedures might be performed, such as removal of bone spurs, but later deformities may be indications for osteotomy, unicompartmental knee replacement or total knee ...

Note that the damage is still confined to the cartilagenous ('gristle') covering of the bone. The bone is still intact. At this stage surgical intervention may still allow the cartialge to heal (albeit poorly) (eg. abrasion arthroplasty (shaving the surface), microfracture (poking holes in the surface to encourage blood vessels).

By the time the person makes the top of the list for a knee replacement, it is likely that there have been several years of pain and reduced activity in addition to arthritic bony changes of the knee. Inactivity may have made the knee muscles weak, and the range of motion is likely to already be reduced. So the probability of perfect function ...

The patella is a special bone because it is embedded in the tendon of the quadriceps muscle, and normally glides in the groove (trochlear groove) of the femur bone as the knee bends and straightens. The lower part of the tendon is called the patellar tendon and is …