Cherey
junior member
Hi Gang. It has been awhile but I thought in light of my past couple of visits to my surgeon I need to hear from you.
My knee replacement was done back in Sept 2016. At my 30 day follow up things looked good. Flexion was okay but not what I had hoped. At my one year it was poor though not terrible but around 90 degree and had troubled with swelling and instability with the popping when I shook the leg. The surgeon said no problem we will do an manipulation and go from there.
We did the manipulation in 2017. In January of this year I had another follow up and the knee continued to be warm (not hot) with icing help with pain and overall comfort and flexion was poor again and hovered around 90 degrees. The decision was made to repeat the manipulation but also the surgeon went with the arthroscope and debrided the scar tissue. Unfortunately at follow up we found that he had not removed all of the scar tissue and there is a pop from the knee going over the scar tissue and therefore the knee is constantly irritated especially if I cycle for more than 30 minutes. The surgeon and I agree that my quality of life is suffering and possibly this all may result in effect on its quantity.
The surgeon is now recommending a revision and removing all of the scar tissue through a full arthrotomy and adjusting the polyurethane and by inserting a thicker one. My question is how many revisions can a person have. I am 56 and I expect I will have to have one to two more revisions since the average TKR is 15-20 years before a revision is necessary.
I used the Medicare score card to find my surgeon. If you do use it and are young keep in mind that it is based upon an older group of patients so may not be applicable to a more active person
My knee replacement was done back in Sept 2016. At my 30 day follow up things looked good. Flexion was okay but not what I had hoped. At my one year it was poor though not terrible but around 90 degree and had troubled with swelling and instability with the popping when I shook the leg. The surgeon said no problem we will do an manipulation and go from there.
We did the manipulation in 2017. In January of this year I had another follow up and the knee continued to be warm (not hot) with icing help with pain and overall comfort and flexion was poor again and hovered around 90 degrees. The decision was made to repeat the manipulation but also the surgeon went with the arthroscope and debrided the scar tissue. Unfortunately at follow up we found that he had not removed all of the scar tissue and there is a pop from the knee going over the scar tissue and therefore the knee is constantly irritated especially if I cycle for more than 30 minutes. The surgeon and I agree that my quality of life is suffering and possibly this all may result in effect on its quantity.
The surgeon is now recommending a revision and removing all of the scar tissue through a full arthrotomy and adjusting the polyurethane and by inserting a thicker one. My question is how many revisions can a person have. I am 56 and I expect I will have to have one to two more revisions since the average TKR is 15-20 years before a revision is necessary.
I used the Medicare score card to find my surgeon. If you do use it and are young keep in mind that it is based upon an older group of patients so may not be applicable to a more active person
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