title: By the way, doctor.  I have injury-related osteoarthritis in my right ankle.  My orthopedic surgeon said, in essence, that it's ankle fusion or nothing for me--and that there are no means of surgically restoring cartilage.  What do you think?
authors.forename: Donald T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Reilly
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods; D002356:Cartilage / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery