professional baseball & OCD
my son was first diagnosed with OCD at age 15, about 3 years and 4 MD's late. his first procedure was the chondral drilling at the infected area and 6 weeks non-weight. the pain did not go away and he played baseball anyway for the next year. a 2nd procedure was done with 4 resorbable screws and again 6 weeks non- weight. each procedure was followed by extensive PT and strengthing of the leg. He lasted for over a year with the 2nd procedure but again, during weight training one of the screw heads that had not fully disolved came loose and floated into the joint. A 3rd procedure was performed by a different MD (we were a little disheartn'd by the two failures and saught another opinion) and this time two hard screws were inserted into the large loose body and reattched to the femur. these were removed in 4 weeks and several weeks of PT he was back on his feet playing ball. a year after he pitched a complete college season, was drafted, signed and then released once the extent of his problem was evident. he eventually signed a contract late in the season and played, with some pain but no loss of mobility, and finished. Move to 2004 and after 4 weeks of spring training he wakes up one morning to see the knee swolen, poping and catching. Season currently on hold. He and I are wrestling obviously with what to do from here. He has some debri floating in there now and that obviously has to be removed. Should this be the year he has a more extensive repair to the OCD lesion? the size of the poorly attached fragment is 2cmx2cmx2cm, covering most of the weight bearing surface of the dedial femoral condyle. His pro-baseball life is over if a procedure is performed and it leaves him worse than he is now. As a pitcher he doesnt have run a lot on the field, only to field the position. any ideas would be welcome. trlinc1@comcast.net
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