Medical Case Summary: Work Related Injury

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DOI: 2/18/2014. The patient is a 54-year-old male carpenter who sustained a work-related injury to his left knee when he slipped and fell.
The patient is status post left knee arthroscopy, partial lateral meniscectomy, chondroplasty of the patella and lateral tibial plateau on 04/04/14 and a left knee arthroscopy, partial medial meniscectomy, partial lateral meniscectomy, removal of loose body and chondroplasty of medial femoral condyle and lateral tibial plateau on 08/28/2015.
Per medical report dated 01/11/16, the patient returned with significant pain in the left knee. He reports that his knee buckles and hurts with activities, limiting him. Radiographs showed questionable loose body although it seems to be unchanged from previous

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