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Ligament instability after TKR?
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Thanks Katrina for this information! I am scheduled to possibly get a fibular head manipulation by an osteopath later this month although we have to see if that is appropriate. I looked into the popliteal tendon issue and had ultrasound and then cortisone injection into it. Lasted about 3 days so that’s not the problem. I will ask the osteopath about the fabella bone. Did you mean fibula bone?
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@mpirruccel why do you say that because the steroid shot only helped a few days that the popliteal tendon is not the issue.
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No it is Fabella...
( I had never heard of it either and I actually had orthopedists who were not on the lookout for this problem.) I went to several doctors before getting the correct diagnosis.
Fabella Bone
The fabella is a small sesamoid bone found in some mammals embedded in the tendon of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle behind the lateral condyle of the femur. It is an accessory bone.