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Knee's been aching again, old HS basketball injury.  Hard to put weight on and can't bend more than 90 degrees.  Anyone recommend an orthopedic around Irvine area?  Would hate to go under knife for this, but been hobbling around work for the last week and I got 30 more years to go to make some serious money.  Any recs would be appreciated, especially if you've seen the doctor at work first hand. 
 
I would go with Kadakia, especially if IHO can give you a first hand recommendation.  CV looks pretty good, and he's in the sweet spot in terms of time in practice, not too green and not so old the skills are going.

With the limited motion in the knee you may have a lot of fluid build up limiting your motion or possibly a meniscus tear, or both.  PT alone may not help.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Dr. Kidakian at irvineortho.com.

He'll probably prescribe physical therapy before surgery.

Good luck.
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Did he operate on you?  How would you rate your joint now, 80%? 70%?  Or in other words, young Jordan driving to the hoop or old Jordan fade away jump shot?
 
wrigley said:
I would go with Kadakia, especially if IHO can give you a first hand recommendation.  CV looks pretty good, and he's in the sweet spot in terms of time in practice, not too green and not so old the skills are going.

With the limited motion in the knee you may have a lot of fluid build up limiting your motion or possibly a meniscus tear, or both.  PT alone may not help.
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Yeah, PT will help to prevent future occurrence but with this limit range of motion, I'm kinda scared.  In HS I recall I was on crutches for about a month to let the joint heal.  I did recover, but I was 17, totally different story now.  My brother in law is a MD and he's thinking posterior horn tear, which relates to pain upon knee flexing.
 
ps9 said:
qwerty said:
how bout dr klapper at cedars sinai, chief of orthopedic surgery - i listen to him occassionally on 710
http://www.robertklappermd.com/
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Use to listen to him Sat am when I use to have a long commute to work.  He'll probably just have me do swimming exercises :)
Wonder if he takes my insurance.
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Being chief or chairman, esp at bigger name institutions, is often more a testament to political skill rather than surgical skill.  Not mutually exclusive of course, just something to be aware of.
 
wrigley said:
ps9 said:
qwerty said:
how bout dr klapper at cedars sinai, chief of orthopedic surgery - i listen to him occassionally on 710
http://www.robertklappermd.com/
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Use to listen to him Sat am when I use to have a long commute to work.  He'll probably just have me do swimming exercises :)
Wonder if he takes my insurance.
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Being chief or chairman, esp at bigger name institutions, is often more a testament to political skill rather than surgical skill.  Not mutually exclusive of course, just something to be aware of.
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Cedars is ranked 9th in the country in orthopedics, I'd take my chances with dr klapper vs an irvine area dr
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/orthopedics
 
Man the irvine defense is strong. No, my daughter was born at hoag in newport.  Not quite the same comparison either. A birth is a relatively easy medical process - shit, births happen on the side of the road, my wife just wanted to be in a hospital ASAP when she went into labor, in particular cause it was our first.

A knee surgery you can schedule and take you time to get to the hospital. Most athletes get their ACLs operated on by dr James Andrews in Alabama cause he is widely regarded as the best orthopedic surgeon in the country. And if you make 10-15 million per year why would you put your career in any one else's hands.

Wrigley was pointing out that a chief may not be the best surgeon and while he may be right, the chief at cedars is probably better than your local irvine ortho.

It's like getting a burger, you can get one at a mcdonalds in irvine and not be hungry or you can go to fathers office and be very happy with your meal (never actually had fathers office but supposed to be good).
 
Got it, surgery by Klapper at Cedars, followed by a beer and a burger at Father's Office.  Let's get this party started, who's in? :)
 
I threw klapper out there because I know ps9 is a laker fan and he must listen to 710 so figured he would know who he was. I know ps9 would not take it seriously because like you said, never had him operate on me. And while I've never had fathers office most people who have had it tend to agree its a great burger. Reputation goes along way. And c'mon, I don't even know why you are arguing this, head of ortho at cedars is likely better than what's available here, not too say there aren't great doctors locally but is rather take my chances with klapper.

If you ever listened to show you would know that the guy operates on a bunch of hiv patients that a lot of other surgeons refuse to operate on, that takes a special kind of person of person if you ask me. Tells me the guy cares about people and takes pride in what he does, couple that with the title of head if ortho and the choice seems clear to me. But hey pick whoever you want, he is after all asking for recommendations on a real estate forum.
 
I like Dr. Klapper because he suggests less invasive methods before going under the knife... and unlike most docs, he is against cortisone shots which is only temporary.

As for Dr. Kadakia (thanks to Wrigley for the spelling correction), he did a meniscus repair on my knee about 5 or 6 years ago and that knee is fine. My other knee, which had an ACL reconstruction many years ago, is the problem one right now. Last year when I had an issue with it, we did an MRI but it was inconclusive because of the pins in my knee so he recommended PT before doing arthroscopic in which he may not find anything.

The PT was very successful. I'm not sure if it was just time that healed it or the PT but I was able to play again after 6 weeks of PT.

This time around I'm trying to rest and do the exercises on my own but it's still gimpy so I think I'll go back for PT and if that doesn't work... the knife.

For you, I would do PT first. They will help with your flexion/extension and work on muscles to compensate for any structural weaknesses. I went to SMART Physical Therapy and they were great. If after the PT, you are still having problems, then you should go the surgical route... with Dr. K or Dr. K.

Good luck and let me know how it turns out.
 
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