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PRAYING SOMEONE KNOWS THESE ANSWERS

I was in a WC case, fell twice and injured knee.  All doctors and MRI's said I had meniscus tear, had surgery and that said I didn't have meniscus tear.  They tried to say I had pre-existing arthritis and I lost case.  Have gotten PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, can barely bend knee or even walk.  Went to another specialist, and he thinks they botched the whole thing and wants to see the surgery report.  He believes that they did not look UNDER the kneecap, and believes my underside of my kneecap is cracked.  I am going to post the surgery results, if anyone knows what all this means, please let me know.  As far as I know, the doctor did not check for cracks, he just scraped my bone a
little.  Here goes:
range of motion, 3 degrees of recurvatum to 130 degrees of flexion.  no varus or valgus instability at 0 or 30 degrees.  Lachman and posterior drawer were negative with no effusion. no loose bodies and no significant synovitis within the suprapatellar pouch.   patella tracked appropriately with knee flexed to 30 degrees.  no significant chondromalacia within the patellofemoral joint.  mild thickening of plica was resected with shaver and minimal chondroplasty was performed.  scope brought to medial compartment, intact medial meniscus with grossly intact cartilage surfaces.  intact anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments.  intact lateral meniscus, normal popliteus tendon with no degenerative changes.

Well, that's it!!  I don't understand a WORD!!  But, I really need to know if they looked UNDER my kneecap to look for any cracks or did they just check my meniscus and tendons.

Any help would be appreciated, because this could mean more surgery, and re-open my case.

Thanks,
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