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Originally Posted by nowhereman
isn't arthoscopic surgery just a precautionary measure to go in ther and make sure everything is okay? or am i mistaken?
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Isn't that how the Greg Oden thing started, as an exploratory/ clean-up procedure that later became arthroscopy AND microfracture surgery keeping him out all year
An exploratory arthroscopic surgery performed on Greg Oden today revealed cartilage damage to the Portland Trail Blazers rookie's right knee. Oden will miss the 2007-08 NBA season.
"Greg had an arthroscopy and a micro fracture surgery today," said team physician Dr. Don Roberts, who preformed the surgery. "
He was found to have articular cartilage damage in his right knee. The area of injury was not large and we were able to treat it with micro fracture, which stimulates the growth of cartilage. There are things about this that are positive for Greg. First of all he is young. The area where the damage was is small and the rest of his knee looked normal. All those are good signs for a complete recovery from micro fracture surgery."
Not saying that this will be Amare's outcome, but Greg's procedure seemed innocent and turned out to be season-ending.