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When a mri shows chondroplasty and maltracking. when they go in to fix it, is it usually better or worst then the mri shows?
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Better: Usually when you have this knee problem and it shows up enough on MRI then you have surgical correction some improvement would be expected radio graphically after healing
Answered 6/10/2014
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