Most private hospitals offer payment plans (check the terms vs other types of loan) and London hospitals are typically more than regional ones if he operates out of multiple locations
Read all the diaries and posts on here on meniscus transplant and cartilage repair (AMIC, MACI etc) to at least to get an idea of the recovery, rehab and potential issues.
Try an unloader brace to get an indication of whether an osteotomy would help.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Which knee surgeon to see
Re: Which knee surgeon to see
Last edited by vickster on Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
Came off bike onto concrete 9/9/09 (lat meniscus, lat condyle defect)
LK scopes 8/2/10 & 16/12/10
RK scope 5/2/15 (menisectomy, Hoffa’s fat pad trim)
LK scope 10.1.19 medial meniscectomy, trochlea MFX
LK scope 19.4.21 MFX to both condyles & trochlea, patella cartilage shaved, viscoseal, depo-medrone
LK scopes 8/2/10 & 16/12/10
RK scope 5/2/15 (menisectomy, Hoffa’s fat pad trim)
LK scope 10.1.19 medial meniscectomy, trochlea MFX
LK scope 19.4.21 MFX to both condyles & trochlea, patella cartilage shaved, viscoseal, depo-medrone
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