Posts Tagged ‘allograft’

3 Month Post-Op Dr Visit

Today I went in for my three month post operative checkup. The doctor asked me a few questions about how my knee was feeling and did his standard exam of the joint. He declared it to be nice and tight and told me I could ride my bike as much as I want, [...]

A Scientific look at Autograft versus Allograft ACL Resconstruction

This has come up a lot in this blog in the posts and comments.
What is better autograft (hamstring or patella) or allograft (from a cadaver)?
As a biology graduate student I have access to scientific publications and some experience in assessing the published information. There are no official published guidelines for doctors, just scientific articles. Here [...]

Henry’s six-week follow up visit

My recovery from knee surgery pressed on today with a six week post operative visit to my orthopedic surgeon. I told him about my fall a couple weeks ago and he quickly brushed it off after i described the motion of the fall.
After a quick exam of the knee he announced that he thinks [...]