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Plica Surgery

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When your kneecap glides back and forth it can pinch the plica causing pain. A google search under knee plica surgery yields many other searches such as knee plica recovery and knee plica surgery recovery time. Pin On Plica Syndrome Plica surgery can in itself be quite a significant procedure. Plica surgery . The majority of people with plica syndrome will get better without surgery. Of people undergoing arthroscopic surgery had some remnant of the synovial plicae. They let you bend and move your leg with ease. One of the four folds the medial plica. The general concept is that the normal synovial covering of the knee joint is getting pinched and irritated. The surgery involves using a shaver to remove the plica much like the surgery to treat many meniscus tears. First what the heck is a plica and why are so many patients concerned about recovery and recovery time. This increased swelling could cause some increased quad weakness early on. Most people have four of