Muscleflex
junior member
I was on this site years ago, then had a long time away. As some history, I've gone through over a decade of issues with both knees - chondromalacia patella, tracking issues, advanced osteoarthritis - bone on bone pain. I've tried a million things before - drugs, cortisone, multiple rounds of synvisc, PRP, lateral release, microfracture surgery - nothing has helped. For years doctors have told me I need a replacement, but they say I'm far too young for that (I'm 40 now). I've seen countless surgeons for different opinions, but all end in the same way - until last week.
Got in to see one of the top orthopedic surgeons and he offered me a bilateral patellafemoral replacement. I'm not actually getting the surgery until the fall/winter (due to work situation), but trying to learn all I can now. Spent a couple hours earlier reading up on some threads here specific to partial knee replacements.
I'm (relatively) young and very active and looking to hear from anyone who has been through a patellafemoral replacement and what the recovery is like. The surgeon told me recovery should be similar (or maybe better than) recovery from my lateral release and microfracture which were pretty brutal.
Curious what type of activities people were able to get back to after the replacement and what kind of time frames to expect for return to activity?
Got in to see one of the top orthopedic surgeons and he offered me a bilateral patellafemoral replacement. I'm not actually getting the surgery until the fall/winter (due to work situation), but trying to learn all I can now. Spent a couple hours earlier reading up on some threads here specific to partial knee replacements.
I'm (relatively) young and very active and looking to hear from anyone who has been through a patellafemoral replacement and what the recovery is like. The surgeon told me recovery should be similar (or maybe better than) recovery from my lateral release and microfracture which were pretty brutal.
Curious what type of activities people were able to get back to after the replacement and what kind of time frames to expect for return to activity?