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Anyone had an MUA after a total knee replacement?

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Aug 27 4:00pm | Replies (10)
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@cathymw

I was happy to see the first part of your story.

The second part- infection, surgery… yikes. What happened? I was worried about getting a steroid shot during my procedure as there are studies indicating infections to the new knee and the subsequent problems. Could this been a part of your problem? Sounds like it happened later?

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suzy240 | @suzy240 | Aug 27 8:03am

The infection is a mystery but I wish I knew how I got it. After 12yesrs of no problems with tkr I experienced unbearable pain with chills and nausea after a wonderful day of gardening. I thought I broke something but in the er after an X-ray it was ruled out. A day later my surgeon did an aspiration to find infection. I was admitted to the hospital for surgery to replace the plastic part and infection. Spent six days there with antibiotics and pt.
For a month,I had a picc line for daily antibiotics and home pt. Now I’m taking oral antibiotics for life to keep the infection from returning.
I had many tests to see what caused the infection but all can back negative.
Now I worry about long term effects of the antibiotic but do not want infection to return. Much worse than the tkr……

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