Any orthopeadic surgeons out there.

[jessica]

My son aged 12 has completley sheared off the cartilage on the large bone in his elbow. after falling on the skate part with an extended arm. he has been in angony since. his surgeon has been putting surgery off in the hope this piece of cartilage would re attach itself and his elbow would regain full movement. This is not happening. So now its surgery and removal of said cartilage. The surgeon said this was unknow territory, as he hasnt had to deal with this in a child before and basically we have no idea what if anything will grow to cover the end of the bone. worst case senario will be more surgery and a prosthetic elbow joint.

any further advice accepted gratefully...

[Ash-man]

hi jessica,have you been to the orthpaedic hospital at oswestry in shropshire.its one of top orthopaedic hospitals in world with a great reputation..you being in manchester only a 1hr journey.they have looked after my spinal probs since child hood ,their doctors ,surgeons and research teams are second too none.hope your son gets it sorted soon.i would definetly make the journey to oswestry and go to A@E and get it XRayed and checked out by them.

[jessica]

Got a cancelled appoitment tomorrow for keyhole surgery to remove the piece of cartilage. Lets hope it is just a small piece and not the whole of the end off the bone...
a very stressed mum