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How can you consider a knee cartilage surgery for the benefits?
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Pain: The main reason for surgery is for pain. I would hesitate to suggest surgery just based on an MRI finding without pain. At 24 years old, you might have a cartilage tear that could be repaired instead of trimmed. If you have pain, i would suggest having the arthroscopic surgery though.
Answered 6/10/2014
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