Microfracture surgery
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Sep 15, 2026
Snay PatelGUEST
It's like, all right, you're going to do a microfracture.
Snay PatelGUEST
And you know, now we know that, and you'd be surprised.
Snay PatelGUEST
Microfracture is still the number one cartilage restoration surgery done.
Snay PatelGUEST
nowadays it's still the top cartilage restoration surgery because it's it's if we think about it it's very easy to do that's what i was gonna say it's easy to do yeah it may not work well you know like i'll say that like for a high level athlete i mean it doesn't work well but uh but again it's it's one of the top ones out there but a lot of it has to do with uh You know, the advancement of surgical procedure and how it's done and the overall just know-how of the surgeon as well.
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Sachin AllahabadiGUEST
And then you might say, "Hey, well, my new symptom state, although I have some symptoms, is more tolerable than it was." So chondroplasty can actually be quite good, and that's why I always start with that when I do my staging arthroscopy.
Sachin AllahabadiGUEST
Microfracture, most outcomes show deterioration by, before or by five years.
Sachin AllahabadiGUEST
And so I really don't use it in most people for most defects.
Sachin AllahabadiGUEST
Um, although, you know, I'd say microfracture is still a good procedure, but the indications really have just narrowed over time.