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TKR 1 yr 5 months and no better

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It is normal for your knee to make noises.
Clicking/clunking knee joint after surgery

My 5-year-old knee still clicks and clunks from time to time, while my 2-year-old knee has never done it. That's not logical, but it happens. Since the clicking doesn't hurt, I ignore it.

Have you started a search for a second opinion from a surgeon who is skilled at doing revisions?
It does make sense to go out of your area, because you need someone who is not connected in any way to your current surgeon - not professionally or socially. This new surgeon can then look at your knee without being influenced in any way by the opinion of your current surgeon.

Seeing a revision surgeon doesn't mean that you will automatically need a revision, but these surgeons see problem knees every working day and maybe he/she can spot something that has eluded your own surgeon.
 
I'll ask @Josephine what she thinks.

However, as long as it doesn't hurt, I don't think it's anything to worry about.
 
Problem is it hurts everyday .... the more I use it the more it hurts, wakes me up at night, gets very stiff and painful after sitting too long where it dosent seem to want to move ...especially in a restaurant booth
 
I accept that your knee hurts every day.

What I meant was that the clicking and clunking shouldn't hurt. The noise happens because, instead of the relatively softer bone and cartilage that you used to have, you now have hard metal and plastic parts moving over one another.
Do you feel an increase in pain as the clicking is happening?

It's over a year now since you had your TKR. Maybe it's time to seek a second opinion, from a surgeon skilled in looking at problem knees, who is not associated in any way, professional or social, with your current surgeon.
 
It's been 1yr 4 months now and these noises are prevalent since August of this year
 
Yep. Get a second opinion.

You must be so fed up with all this! :friends:
 
I fully agree with you - that noise has to hurt! It may even be a collection of things: adhesions, slack ligaments, loose implants. Any or all of the above. Certainly you need to keep searching until you find a trustworthy and resourceful surgeon who will give some thought to this and try and figure it out. Sometimes, when such as issues as this defy all logic and reasoning, the only answer is to go in and actually look at what's going on. You may bot like the idea of a revision but in the end, it's sometimes the only way.

So keep looking until you find that surgeon who will take you seriously and will be motivated to resolve this for you.
 
I had a post going after 7½ months now I am just short of 1yr 5 months.... still difficulty with stairs still in pain while moving and stiffness after sitting, laying down. I was an active person before my job had me walking on average 6 miles a day with multiple flights of stairs included. I loved golf and walks in nature for nature photography since the operation I'm useless. Oh I can walk but walks on uneven ground or hilly areas make me pay for it the next day.

Anyways I am wondering if anyone uses a knee brace post op to try to recover some of the lost activities they once enjoyed. this is what I am looking at
https://www.amazon.com/Medical-Adju...rade+VCS+Adjusta+Custom+Fit+Hinged+Knee+Brace

I tried my pre op brace which supported the Patella and was hinged but the pressure on the knee cap was not tolerable

Thoughts ? Experience?
 
I think you need a second opinion. You shouldn't have pain after so much time.
 
I tried as hard as I could to get a Dr. on board before losing my health insurance, Since I have been on long term Disability. I pay my followup visits out of pocket and new images and testing are not going to be affordable to me until something gives way with health insurance. My older thread included this video



I have an open complaint with manufacturer and 2 open complaints with FDA to find a potential problem.

As stated previous my surgeon finds nothing wrong with the noises it makes (that's what he tells me anyway) I tried a pain management of cymbalta and Voltaren with no success so brace is the next thing to try to have a somewhat normal life
 
@spyac3 ... you'll notice that I merged your newest thread with your original recovery thread. I believe it's important to have your history attached to your latest posts so that staff (and anyone else reading your posts) can see your complete recovery journey.

Have you tried lately to find a new surgeon or two (revision surgeons) to talk with? I agree with the other posters that this is what you must do. It may take some searching to find the right person, but he is out there and you can get help. Your knee should not be like this.

You're in Rochester, so if you could tell me who did your surgery and how far you might be willing to travel, I can help you search if you like. Don't give up!
 
@Jamie ... Dr Gibbs with Red Creek Orthopedics.

I'll travel Buffalo or Syracuse when I finally have health insurance till then I'm stuck. I have also seen Dr Gianetti and Dr Bessett both in Rochester and both told me to keep doing what my surgeon was telling me although Dr Gianetti offered that the knee seemed a little loose and suggested a Patella strap but that just caused more pain as well. Both wouldn't go farther than that and I suspect its because of the time frame which was about 6-7 months after the surgery. But I had to try as I knew my employer would only hold my job for 1yr.

My current Dr keeps putting in his notes for LTD 100% disabled in 3 month increments yet he also continues that he is optimistic. I have told him both myself and the LTD company find this statement contradictory. Any help is appreciated
Btw my next visit is March, I'm going to force him to move my knee around, He touches my leg like hes afraid to touch it.... I have no Idea how he can examine it in such a mannar if I have to walk on it this way then the least he could do is move it around conducive to actually walking and moving around outdoors.
 
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spyac, that video was very informative. I would tend to think that the first noise was caused by fibrous material - something like adhesions but different! It sounds like gristle that you'd get on the Sunday roast, if you think about it.

As for the clicking when you walk, that really sounds like the plastic insert is loose or your ligaments are loose allowing knocking between the metal and plastic.

But I'll tell you this - it's not a faulty implant as such. More like faulty surgical technique.
 
@Josephine I 100% agree with the ligament diagnosis as it feels unstable side to side and climbing stairs. I do not know about a faulty implant however it would go a great ways to them being able to give me some ideas, I have heard or read of the plastic insert not snapping together properly with the rest of the implant. What I can tell you is that after a period of walking with the snapping it does hurt something terrible. Thank you Josephine maybe I cant do anything with your diagnosis it just confirms to me anyways why my Surgeon is stonewalling me and I didn't have the popping clicking and grinding when I saw the other 2 surgeons I just knew it wasn't right
 
spyac3 said:
I have heard or read of the plastic insert not snapping together properly with the rest of the implant.
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Or it could even have snapped in half. They have been known to do that.
 
Several people who do have a loose implant and cannot afford surgery have used a brace like the one you showed us. I think it will help make your life easier until you can see another doctor.
 
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