Inury to the Fibular Head. Posted: 11-29-07 16:39pm
I had a fall four years ago and injured my
knees. I had a number of arthoscopies but
finally was given a half knee replacement
in the right knee. Four months later after
returning to work the knee became very
swollen and painful. After another
arthroscopy the half knee was taken out
and a whole new knee inserted. One year on
and after loads of physio etc. I was still
walking with a stick and in pain. The
surgeon couldn't understand it and the
blame was placed on scar tissue. More
ultra sound but still in pain. Two months
ago I visited a chiropractor who afer a
couple of visits informed me that the
problem was an injured fibular head. This
would have happened at the time of the
fall, but had not been noticed (apparently
difficult to assess). There is now talk of
the fibular head being removed. My
question is has anyone else had this
operation and was it successful. Thanks in
anticipation.
