How long does it take to recover from OCD knee surgery?

Osteochondritis dissecans happens most often in the knee, elbow, or ankle. It usually takes 3 months or longer to heal completely.

How do you treat OCD in the knee?

Treatment

Resting your joint. Avoid activities that stress your joint, such as jumping and running if your knee is affected.
Physical therapy. Most often, this therapy includes stretching, range-of-motion exercises and strengthening exercises for the muscles that support the involved joint.

Can OCD in the knee come back?

Osteochondritis dissecans usually doesn’t return once the patient heals. However, sometimes the condition only seems to heal as symptoms go away temporarily. In those cases, symptoms can return in time.

How serious is osteochondritis dissecans?

Osteochondritis dissecans can increase your risk of eventually developing osteoarthritis in that joint.

What happens if osteochondritis dissecans goes untreated?

If left untreated, osteochondritis dissecans can damage the cartilage in the joint, and loose pieces of bone and cartilage may even break off into the joint. In the long term, untreated osteochondritis dissecans can also lead to arthritis. Osteochondritis dissecans most commonly affects the knee, ankle and elbow.

What does OCD in the knee feel like?

OCD and JOCD cause the same symptoms. The symptoms start out mild and grow worse with time. Both problems usually start with a mild aching pain. Moving the knee becomes painful, and it may be swollen and sore to the touch.

What is OCD surgery?

The osteochondral autologous transplantation (OAT) procedure done for large OCD lesions involves a single surgery and takes advantage of implanting mature autologous bone and cartilage, which have excellent survival rates.

What is OCD repair?

OCD will probably never completely heal, but it can be treated. There are two methods of treating JOCD: nonsurgical treatment to help the lesions heal, and surgery. Surgery is usually the only effective treatment for OCD.