what will happen if someone lose  one of his patellas?
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The patella is the knee cap, not the knee.  My dad had his patella removed after suffering a particularly bad injury in the military.  That was over 40 years ago, and he still gets around fine, no limp, only thing is that that knee seems to get sore more quickly during strenuous activity.  He works as a land surveyor and walks constantly, outdoors over hill and dale, with no ill effect worse than stiffness at the end of the day.
973145
The doctors may wait to make sure that they retrieved all of the tumor before going forward with any other measures.  I dont know what the effect on his balance, etc. will be, but he can have his inner ear reconstructed.  I know someone who has had both of his ears done and hears more now than he has in years.\n\nGood luck to him.
996188
If the risk of removing the bullet from the patient out weigh the benefit, they will leave it in. \n\nie: next to the spine, spinal cord...
637863
Knee injury in sports takes a while to heal. Your friend may be out for the rest of the season. What's important now is for her to get well and resume her game. Patience is required, so is absolute adherence to instructions from who ever is treating her. I wish her well.
661772
I know a guy who lost sight in one eye.  I have seen several people taken to the hospital.  I saw one guy hit in the jugular.  It was not pretty.
959849
If it is deep you will need stitches. If you do not go it will take a long time to heal and will be very sore and there could be complications also. You may need a tetanus shot also.
867334
not to bad the people above are right it hurts worse to not have it done. Besides the worse part of the whole operation is the IV that they put in...I do suggest the surgery and I do suggest a lot of ice and a nice bed with a lot of pillows...  If the doctor has to stitch or shave the meniscus  is whether or not you get to walk 3 days afterwards or not...And another thing i suggest highly is moving your knee the day afterwards because if you don't move it around it will become very weak and then therapy will have to happen.Hope this helps!
733103
It will be painful!  My brother has a panther on his chest and really regrets getting it there.  No one ever sees it.
640379
nope - he's gotta pop down the hospital or the docs, and get it sorted there - these sorts of things probably dont heal on their own too quickly woithout medical help.
863964
Only if you broke your leg or something.
1112349
It is very much possible...The body will try to reject what it thinks is a foreign body.  I'm surprised at the ortho who did not tell u that this could be possible.  Contact ur FP or Ortho to get test done.  There was a few yrs back that they did have issues with hip replacement and knee replacemnet parts.  Please talk to the surgeon who did ur hubby's hip surgery.  There also could be some underline issues...so please make the appointment.
367697
That's part of the healing process, it happens if the bone hasn't properly healed
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Chondromalacia Patella is often used by physicians as a catch-all term to describe anterior knee pain that results from patellar malalignment. The strict definition, however, is simply the degeneration of the cartilage on the posterior aspect of the kneecap.\n\nFor the sake of brevity, I have put sites here that you can go to where you can find information directly linked to this issue.
114335
It depends on how severe the sprain is. Some sprains can be worse than a broken bone, healing wise. He's probably going to have to baby it for a while!
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Ligaments are the stringy, strong "ropes" that attach the muscle to the bone.  \n\nI don't know what happens when they are damaged.  Sounds painful if they are damaged.
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it will eventually heal itself, but if damaged to severly (broken bones) it may never be quite right again. See a doctor before the bones mend improperly and need to be rebroken to reset.
576481
I feel your pain. I dislocated each of my knees at least 3 times, each. Hurts like hell. Sloppy ligs I suppose. I would like to have all the loose floaties sucked out of my knees too. I hope to have the surgery before I turn 25 so if you find out anything worth while please fwd it to me at handymanbrandon@sbcglobal.net. I hope the surgery helps ease your knees! B)