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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Jacey. My situation is unique and therefore a learning opportunity. The forum will not share my educational background so I will leave it at that. There is a phenol trial going on at Northwestern but you have to be no more than 12 months post surgery. Currently I am under the care of a doctor at...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    So acupuncture helped but not enough to relieve the pain enough so I can get off hydrocodon. Genicular block was 100% successful but the follow up RFA was less than 50% successful. I have been told that phenol ablation is the next effort to try but have a doctor in the family who is concerned...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Has anyone tried acupuncture for neuropathy?
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    My surgeon feels it comes from the scar tissue he removed. He is listed among the arthrofibrosis doctors so i guess I will go with his opinion for now
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Yesterday I went for PT. On a whim I asked to be measured actively and I flexed 118 plus a little what ever that is. The CPM died this morning and doctor has let me off the hook from it. Went down the stairs at the house and was pain free on one descent. That is the good. The bad is that we have...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    I am recovering quicker than the previous two attempts to treat the arthrofibrosis. My back is holding up with no major issues. Certainly I have a more experienced surgeon and physical therapists
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    A person earlier in this post wished for me to track my progress. I met with the surgeon for my first follow up. We discussed the procedure. Unlike the primary surgeon he did not do a MUA. Instead he electro cauterized the scar by using it to peel away the scar tissue. He released me to 115...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    My surgery was done on Friday July 26, 2019. The doctor unlike last time did not do a MUA followed by the arthroscopic lysis. Instead he did just lysis. The PCL was shot so he did not remove it instead he worked till he got 115 degree flexion and at that point he stopped applied pressure and got...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    I went through my physical Wednesday and have been pronounced good to go. Ready to get off the opiods. Having some pain with the lower back and am concerned it will affect how much I get on the CPM
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Thank you all. I had another opinion regarding the approach. I guess it is not unheard of. The doctor who will be doing it is the founder of the HSS complex joint reconstruction unit. They do a lot research so I give credit to them. A cousin who graduated from Cornell Medical School said I ought...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Went to HSS and met with the Chief of Surgery Emeritus. He is listed in the arthrofibrosis doctors. He said that the posterior cruciate sparing prosthetic that I have has a history of causing inflammation and subsequently recurring scar tissue. He is going to do an arthroscopic break down of the...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Weather has been changing constantly which is driving the knee and me crazy. The RFA did not work since it has been over three weeks ago. It was thermal and I have read that cooled makes a larger lesion and have started looking for someone who does it. Still taking oxycodone and am thinking I...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Yes I am aware of the difference. The doctor specifically said Oxycotin was his preferred choice since it is long duration. I keep thinking the problem is the arthrofibrosis and if that was corrected everything will be okay but so far no one at HSS is interesting in trying to save the...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Starting to feel like I am talking with my self. But maybe someone will respond. The trial block in preparation for the RFA worked as it did after the RFA. Over the weekend we have had weather change and I have been in excruciating pain. I contacted the Pain Management specialist at HSS and he...
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    Revision TKR TKR Revisions 24 months after Original TKR

    Here is he diagnosis and update. HSS has determined that I do have fibrosis and pain of unknown origin. It is considered a complex knee but are recommending against a revision due to risk and only a 50% chance of success. An attempt will be made to control the pain doing a genicular RFA with no...
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