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What Is The Procedure Of Placing A Disc In The Knee Joint?

i had knee surgery almost 8 years ago because of a torn meniscus.the surgery went ok and had synvisc injected 5 years ago and had no problems.recently I was injected with a drug during 5 visits with no relief.i heard of a procedure where a disc or wafer is placed in the space.also I just had exrays and showed I have a good space.what is the procedure and who can do it.
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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it is a simple procedure by putting an artificial miniscus and it is done by orthopeadic surgeon .but u first need to do MRI for the knee joint.
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What Is The Procedure Of Placing A Disc In The Knee Joint?

it is a simple procedure by putting an artificial miniscus and it is done by orthopeadic surgeon .but u first need to do MRI for the knee joint.