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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Had ACL Surgery For Bone Grafting. Bump Inside The Reconstructed Knee. Need Another Surgery To Repair It? Could This Be Due To Patellar Malallignment?

Good morning Doc! i had my ACL surgery a year ago and still doing rehab to get back to normal life and play sports again. I had bone to bone graft , which has a higher chance of having a pattelar malalignment which i have. I noticed that my reconstructed knee has a bump on the inner part of it. I m not sure what it is. But do you think it wil just go away or do i need another surgery? When i massage it there is a little pain. Do you think that is the cause of the pattelar malalignment? Looking forward for your answer. Thank you.
Wed, 6 Feb 2013
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hi,
welcome to healthcare magic
the swelling that has developed could be due to the patellar malalignment but other causes need to be ruled out like,
- sepsis
- hemarthrosis
- displacement of the bone
- rejection of bone grafting.
i would suggest get a repeat MRI done to be sure that is just the malalignment and nothing else
hope to have answered your query
wish you a quick recovery
takecare.
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Had ACL Surgery For Bone Grafting. Bump Inside The Reconstructed Knee. Need Another Surgery To Repair It? Could This Be Due To Patellar Malallignment?

hi, welcome to healthcare magic the swelling that has developed could be due to the patellar malalignment but other causes need to be ruled out like, - sepsis - hemarthrosis - displacement of the bone - rejection of bone grafting. i would suggest get a repeat MRI done to be sure that is just the malalignment and nothing else hope to have answered your query wish you a quick recovery takecare.