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Does plica ever grow back?

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Dr. Alvin Stein answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Yes: But if you are having knee pain and a plica was taken out and the pain is back , there is a cause for it to have developed in the first place. There is a need for a different perspective for your onset of pain.

Answered 8/13/2014

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