A, who is in his mid-60s, has been healthy without any special joint diseases, enjoying walking and light climbing. However, not long ago, when I got off the bus in a hurry, pain appeared after a 'tuk ...

Complex knee injuries are when multiple parts of the knee such as ligaments, meniscus, cartilage and bone, are damaged at the same time. It can sideline athletes for years, if not for life.

The Chicago Bulls are trading Lonzo Ball to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaac Okoro, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Ball, 27, averaged 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game this season.

Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball underwent a meniscus transplant in his left knee in addition to a cartilage transplant. No player has returned to the NBA from either procedure.

In March 2023, Ball had a cartilage transplant procedure on the knee after a torn meniscus in January 2022. That surgery, in which damaged cartilage is repaired with cartilage cells from the ...

It was done at the same time he had a cartilage transplant performed in the same knee. "There was no more meniscus left, and bone on bone was rubbing," Ball said.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball says he got a new meniscus when he underwent a cartilage transplant in his left knee last year and expects to be ready for the season opener. Ball ...

Alex Reinhardt, who died at age 20 in February 2023, donated the cartilage Ball received when he underwent a meniscus and cartilage transplant in his left knee in March 2023.