We had it done at medical college of Georgia . We went through all the conservative treatments and got nowhere. After 6 months we had the surgery. Not a cake walk, first 3 weeks were tough. HOw ever, all symptoms were gone. There were two lesions, the older chronic lesion didn’t hold up. They used an iliac crest graft. The newer cases are being done with bmp which I understand is very good. If you are an athlete with no other problems and want to compete I would look into the direct repair. A lot of the doctors know little about it. The amount of literature and studies published over the last year indicated that this may be the way to go. How long have you been dealing with this?