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Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 26 1:17pm | Replies (126)

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@h2marcia

I haven’t been able to get anyone to agree to a 2nd opinion on severe knee buckling. Even when I told Dr Westrich about it he showed me the implant was fine on X-ray but he refused an MRI or PT or a referral. I think I will have to go to another hospital, like mt Sinai and maybe someone will let me at least get an MRI (to see if the ligaments are stretched or whatever).

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It seems that very few TKR problems mention knees buckling. My knees have buckled on me since I was a kid. At 70 I thought I better do something about this because I am going to fall and really hurt myself so I had TKR done Feb of 23. A few weeks after it my right knee buckled and I fell. I told the surgeon and he had no answers except that its healing. All told my knees have buckled on me five times since my surgery and in April I fractured my femur. That surgeon got into a cumbersome brace but it did keep me upright and I have not buckled since may. My femur is healing nicely. My right leg is feeling stronger and I am back at the gym and swimming. My rom is probably 100 but I am petrified to put all my weight on my right leg i.e. going up and esp down stairs, Luckily we have no stairs where I live. I would like to hear from others who have TKR with a history of knees buckling.