mgroesch
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Hi, I am a 23 year old male who had a microfracture and screw inserted in 2008. Two months later in 2008, I had the screw removed. I continued to play lacrosse and Bowling for the rest of my high school years. In October of 2015, I started to get more and more pain in my left knee and scheduled with the orthopedic surgeon. I found out that I have a 3.0cm by 3.0 cm defect on my medial side taking up over 2/3 of my knee. The surgeon then proceeded to schedule an OATS procedure which was November 10th. They have still not found a donor graft who is big enough to replace my defect. I have 2 second opinions scheduled with a knee replacement specialist on February 3rd and February 9th. I was wondering if my knee is beyond repair. I still want to remain active at least in Bowling since lacrosse is out of the picture. Is there any advice about PKR and OATS. I also have a medial unloader brace which makes work tolerable but without it I am in terrible pain.
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