Smith and Nephew Journey Deuce

[Stephen]

I need both knees replaced, probably soon. I am very active and in trying to decide on which implant I am feeling more and more like the Journey Deuce offers the greatest hope for an active lifestyle following surgery. The Journey Deuce preserves both Cruciate ligaments which is a tremendous boost to stability, plus the Deuce is extremely bone conserving, MIS.

Is there anyone on this sight who has current knowledge of the Deuce, either having had it implanted, or knowing someone who has had it implanted. Any accurate, timely help and information would be appreciated.

 

[Josephine]

Sounds good to me, Stephen. Preservation of the cruciates is always preferable.

Only drawback might be that during the arthritic changes, the cruciates are very often degraded along with the joint so I wouldn't get your hopes up too much until you have the surgeon's opinion. During my working days, the PFC was the most popular joint in the hospitals where I worked. It came with a cruciate preserving option but we always had the cruciate sacrificing kit out as well as so often when we opened the knee, the cruciates were found not to be salvageable. It's often the reason people can't have unicompartmentals as well.

I really hope it works out for you though. Let me know how it goes.

 

[mikebaird]

A couple of us received the Journey Deuce in 2007 and have exchanged a number of messages and photos. Some of our discussions are seen in the descriptions and annotations of a set of photos posted at a Flickr site
https://knee.bairdphotos.com
I had my part installed 20 June 2007 - I was one of the very first set of patients receiving this part after FDA approval. For me this was an extremely painful operation, requiring many months of therapy and pain killing drugs before I was able to function. After 6 months and 3 weeks, my knee is still stiff, painful, and I take Tramadol for pain relief. I am told that I should give it six more months before I give up on progress and declare it "as good as it is going to get." I do have good range-of-motion, 240 degrees of Flexion.
I am willing to exchange some more notes
Mike Baird mike [at} mikebaird d o t com