n cases where the condition fails to heal even after 3-6 months after use of conservative treatment measures, physicians may recommend using an operative procedure. Surgical correction for OCD involves removal of loose fragments or re-attachment of fragments to the affected bone.
Based on the size of the fragment that has come loose, or the small bone fractures underlying the separated fragment, operation may be used to fill in the space with fibrocartilage (cartilage comprising of collagen fiber bundles). In many individuals, these techniques can be executed in an arthroscopic manner, i.e, by pushing surgical tools and a fiber-optic camera through tiny incisions around the impacted joint.
Recently, surgeons have started using a new operative process that uses the bone marrow from the body of the patient itself to restructure the damaged region of the knee in affected individuals. Following the execution of the method, new tissue begins to grow quickly to fill up the region where the bone fragment was removed.