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Dr Johnny Fever said:
Wow. I've had my share of knee problems and surgeries. I've never heard of a cartilage transplant. I have to wonder how that's going to impact a world class athlete.
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Of course I'm not a world class athlete, and I can't speak to cartilage transplants, but when I had my ACL reconstruction, I had the choice of getting an autograft (my own tissue--in my case bone, patella tendon, bone) or an allograft from a cadaver. The failure rate is about the same, maybe a little less for an autograft, but not by much. I didn't want a transplant from a cadaver (creepy) and I don't normally do a lot of kneeling that could put extra pressure on my patella, so I chose the autograft. The downside to an autograft, is having multiple incision sites, rehabbing both sites--so a longer rehab-- and the potential for patella problems or risks of injury from whatever area the tissue is taken from (hamstrings, achilles tendons, etc.). After my surgery, I increased my running mileage too quickly and had to rehab my knee for an additional two months to deal with a bad case of patellar tendonitis. I still occasionally get tendonitis if my patella is not in the right alignment.

For an athlete, I wonder if a transplant is preferable because they don't want to risk weakening another part of their body and the rehab might be a little bit faster.
 
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la patineuse said:
Of course I'm not a world class athlete, and I can't speak to cartilage transplants, but when I had my ACL reconstruction, I had the choice of getting an autograft (my own tissue--in my case bone, patella tendon, bone) or an allograft from a cadaver. The failure rate is about the same, maybe a little less for an autograft, but not by much. I didn't want a transplant from a cadaver (creepy) and I don't normally do a lot of kneeling that could put extra pressure on my patella, so I chose the autograft. The downside to an autograft, is having multiple incision sites, rehabbing both sites--so a longer rehab-- and the potential for patella problems or risks of injury from whatever area the tissue is taken from (hamstrings, achilles tendons, etc.). After my surgery, I increased my running mileage too quickly and had to rehab my knee for an additional two months to deal with a bad case of patellar tendonitis. I still occasionally get tendonitis if my patella is not in the right alignment.

For an athlete, I wonder if a transplant is preferable because they don't want to risk weakening another part of their body and the rehab might be a little bit faster.
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If you watch the interview with Methot that I posted above, he says he had the same surgery with the same doctor. And his result when he went back on the ice wasn't much better than when he left the ice. It wasn't at all encouraging for an NHL player to return to his prior level.

They don't really get into any detail about exactly which part of the knee it is, but cartilage grows on the end of the bones to help cushion the stress placed on the joints. When the cartilage is gone (injury or wear) you end up with bone on bone arthritis pain which is no fun and really has no cure. This surgery was obviously an attempt to try and recreate what he had lost. It's not a common fix but at his age you would certainly not want to put in a replacement joint just yet. They don't last forever and sometimes have to be replaced.

He will be 32 in a year and will have missed two full seasons by then. He may want to try and play again but I don't see that really happening. I'm sure he knows the odds aren't good but it wouldn't be surprising if he wanted to try. That's partly how you get to be a world class athlete.
 
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controversial take, but I don't really care if the coyotes relocate or not at this point. joke franchise was only around to take on dead cap for other teams, not build a real hockey team or spend money.

and it should be to no one's surprise, the organization that doesn't spend money on their team doesn't spend money to save their team;

sorry for the fans ultimately. the worst thing is losing the Kachina jersey's, those have always been sweet as hell.
 
Arizona's owner is going to sell the team to someone who intends to move them now and he will probably take in a tidy profit. The NHL were fools to let that fraud in.

Feel bad for Arizona fans, it's been death by a thousand bazookas.
 
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Static said:
Arizona's owner is going to sell the team to someone who intends to move them now and he will probably take in a tidy profit. The NHL were fools to let that fraud in.

Feel bad for Arizona fans, it's been death by a thousand bazookas.
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Maybe they can move the team to Alpharetta or wherever the hell that new building is supposed to be in Georgia.
 
yeah it sucks big time for the loyal fans, but let's be real, they should have relocated years ago. pro hockey in phoenix was a failure from the start
 
I feel for Arizona fans. NHL tried to make it work, but it just failed. I wonder what the fans will do. Move on, choose another team, or follow the team where they go.
 
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