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Mri shows i hve petellafemoralsyndrome / arthritis loss of cartilage from severe arthritis in the right knee im in severe pain ?
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Options: At your young age we would start treatment with antiinflammatories and therapy. Then if not successful we would do an injection and if that didn't work perhaps surgery.
Answered 9/28/2016
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