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Huge Blood Blisters after TKR surgery
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Hello @onepoorguy, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @dte and others. I know it has to be terribly frustrating to have problems following a surgery and no one seems to have the answers. I have edema and discoloration of the skin on both of my legs but no blisters like you have experienced but I'm thinking from your description what you have are experiencing is not the same. I'm assuming you only have the blistering on the leg with the knee replacement surgery. I did find a research paper that sounds similar to your experience and might help answer some of your questions.
--- Massive haemorrhagic blister formation following total knee arthroplasty: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946637/
I know your ortho surgeon said it may be many things but didn't seem to have any suggestions. Have you thought about seeking help or a second opinion at a teaching hospital or major health facility like Mayo Clinic?
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Thanks. The Dermatologist I've been seeing for 7 years, might have some answers. In 2017, My Primary doctor at the time, made a very poor diagnoses on My left Temporal area. I'm light skinned, blue eyes and freckles. Prime candidate for skin cancer. Ignoring My Primary doctor, I decided I would go to a dermatologist on My own. Glad I did. The redness and scaly bleeding sores had developed. After a biopsy, I was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I had surgery by 2 Dermatologist surgeons. It saved My left eye. The cancer was huge by then, they even took pictures of it. It was successful . But it has a high recurrence rate. At 70 years old, I'm nervous when unexplained blisters and redness that does not fully heal, show up.