Picture of the area we are addressing with these knee procedures. For the record, Medial is the inside of the knee, lateral the outside.
For comparison, I have referenced a paper from 1999 by D E T Shepherd, B B Seedhom (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1752762/pdf/v058p00027.pdf).
Another reference: http://www.tulane.edu/~sbc2003/pdfdocs/0857.PDF
Femoral condyle thinckness ranged from 0.165 cm to 0.265 cm.
Tibial condyle thickness ranged from 0.207 cm and 0.298 cm.
Meniscal cartilage thickness ranged from 0.154 cm to .253 cm.
2009 Measurements (cm)
| Lateral Left | Medial Left | Lateral Right | Medial Right |
| 1) 0.26 | 1) 0.09 | ||
| 2) 0.49 | 2) 0.49 | ||
| 3) 0.28 | 3) .036 | ||
| 4) 0.26 | 4) 0.43 |
2010 Measurements (cm)
| Lateral Left | Medial Left | Lateral Right | Medial Right |
| 1) 0.28 | 1) 0.10 | ||
| 2) 0.53 | 2) 0.53 | ||
| 3) 0.33 | 3) 0.38 | ||
| 4) 0.31 | 4) 0.44 |
2013 Measurements (cm)
| Lateral Left | Medial Left | Lateral Right | Medial Right |
| 1) 0.24 | 1) 0.06 | 1) 0.22 | 1) 0.04 |
| 2) 0.48 | 2) 0.48 | 2) 0.42 | 2) 0.42 |
| 3) 0.28 | 3) 0.35 | 3) 0.21 | 3) 0.27 |
| 4) 0.31 | 4) 0.38 | 4) 0.29 | 4) 0.32 |
2014 Measurements (cm) 11/4/2014 (before procedure)
| Lateral Left | Medial Left | Lateral Right | Medial Right |
| 1) 0.25 | 1) 0.07 | ||
| 2) 0.39 | 2) 0.39 | ||
| 3) 0.26 | 3) 0.28 | ||
| 4) 0.28 | 4) 0.29 |
2015 Measurements (cm) 3/30/2015 (procedure +5 months)
| Lateral Left | Medial Left | Lateral Right | Medial Right |
| 1) 0.23 | 1) 0.10 | ||
| 2) 0.42 | 2) 0.42 | ||
| 3) 0.24 | 3) 0.28 | ||
| 4) 0.27 | 4) 0.30 |
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