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I had chondroplasty of the medial femoral condyle and the lateral tibial plateau. what does this mean? i did a squat and think i tore my meniscus

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

See below: "Plasty" means to fix and "chondro" means cartilage. In a typical abrasion chondroplasty, the area of abnormal cartilage is blurred away down to a bleeding bone surface with the hopes that the subsequent vascular response will stimulate cartilage regrowth. Results are extremely varied.

Answered 6/13/2016

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