
Suggest Treatment For Ligament Injury On Knee

On a separate note, One of my colleagues recently has fallen in an accident and got ligament injury in left knee. She is going to visit a specialized orthopedics hospital in XXXXXXX (India). She suggested me to share few of my documents with her so that she would try to consult on the same with her doctor there. If I agree, what kind of medical reports or diagnostic data would help the doctor to have adequate understanding over my status?
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Hello
My name is Dr Muhammad Ali Rauf & i will look into your problem.
I have gone through your query in detail and i concluded that you want to know about two things; First, outcome of orthopedic surgery AND second, documents that need to be shared with orthopedic doctor to get an idea about your health. I will take them one by one.
> First, about orthopedic surgery:
Any surgery that you undergo has some complications. No surgery is absolutely free of complications. In orthopedic surgery extra caution is needed. Not all surgeons are expert in all orthopedic surgeries. Yes, chances of delayed complications are slightly higher in this case due to sophisticated surgery of joints. After joint surgeries you need to take extra caution and care else problem occurs again or complication occurs. You can take 2-3 opinions from different doctors so that you can decide easily BUT at the same time do not take so many opinions else you will get confused. So to minimize the chances you need to do three things:
1. Find a doctor who is expert in knee surgeries. Chances of complications reduce to minimal if an expert in particular sub-specialty is dealing.
2. Find anyone in your friends, relatives or colleagues who had such problem and had undergone surgery. He/She will give you best followup.
3. Follow advise of doctor. No matter how hard they will be.
> Second, about documents:
Following things you can give:
a. Take a paper and briefly write all your problems related to knee on it. They should include following things at least (you can add more):-
*Symptoms you encounter
*Duration of problem
*How problem started
*Treatment taken so far for it
*Outcome of the treatment
*Any past history of long term illness like heart attack, TB, hepatitis, etc
* Any family history of disease
*History of alcohol, smoke, drug intake
*Medications taken so far
These will help the attending doctor to understand the nature of illness. Also you should make sure that your colleague reads it once so that she can easily communicate with the doctor.
b. Take photographs of all the tests you had undergone so far, specially CBC, clotting profile and imagings like X-rays, CT scan, MRI etc. Write them over a DVD and give that as well. DO NOT give original reports because if they are lost then you will be in a problem.
Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health.

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