After dealing with a dull pain in the knee for about a year and trying every conservative treatment under the sun I went in for an arthroscopy on Monday. In addition to some Plica, the surgeon said I had ‘partial synovitis of the knee’. He removed the Plica and tissue effected by the synovitis I have a follow up with him on Tuesday, but was hoping to find out a little more about synovitis from anyone who knew what it was, what causes it, how to prevent it from coming back, etc.
Thanks!
I was told and shown that I have PVNS pigmented vilonodular synovitis…same?
I don’t know if it was PVNS, I think I just got the S. I’m not sure if one can exist without the other though, my knowledge on this is nil.
How have you been dealing with PVNS?
I will ask my surgeon when I see him on Monday. I had my surgery yesterday on my right knee and surgery two years ago on my left knee. Even since the first surgery, I have had a constant dull pain on the left knee. At times lately, it was more painful than the right knee (hard to get up, could not squat, sharper pain but more controlled).
Have you been dealing with Synovitis or something different?
I had my knee scoped 2 years ago Nov. 30th. The doc trimmed a meniscus tear and “pulled” out a lot of the “extra” material that had grown in the joint. It was actually fine until last April and after a sprint race my knee swelled to the size of a grapefruit. I don’t really know if it was the PVNS and nor did the doc. He pulled over 80 cc’s of fluid off the knee and shot it full of cortizone. I did IMCDA and really didn’t have any problems since. I was taking Celebrex almost daily up until CdA just to prevent more swelling. I hav since stopped taking it.
I have not had any swelling or problems since. Everyonce in awhile the joint feels “full” and I will take Celebrex for a couple of days. I have taken a few weeks off from training and just recently started to feel as if my patella isn’t tracking right. I am back to training so I hope that it was from inactivity.
I am back to training
Ohh really… I guess you are counted this coming Sunday?
Did you ever recover from your synovitis?