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Scar tissue after knee replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 10, 2024 | Replies (1550)Comment receiving replies
I'm coming up on 4 months past TKR. Had trouble with ROM both flexion and extension. Went to 3 month visit to surgeon and he suggested manipulation under anesthesia. Had the mua and started PT 5 days a week for 3 weeks after. I also started with a Dyna-Splint to help with extension. All three helped tremendously. My flexion increased and eventually pain reduced greatly. Extension is slower but still improving.
Scar tissue can be a bear! Some people develop more and quicker than others. I was very apprehensive about the mua but very glad I did it. MUA only got me to 115 flex and -3 extension but that's plenty for me. I would suggest mua early to everyone to break up scar tissue. Best of luck!
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Very happy with your results and hope you continue to recover well. A word of caution, with these knee procedures (there are risks with then all) particularly MUA . My (highly regarded) surgeon achieved 125 degrees flexion, but intended up with a stress fracture in my femur, quadriceps hematoma and bleeding from blood vessels, that left me immobile for 3 1/2 weeks. At 6 months since the initial TKR I have 90 degrees ROM (on a good day) and looking at surgical removal of scar tissue in 5 weeks, with a minor revision of the TKR and rod inserted in my femur to stabilize it in case I need another MUA . It’s been a journey! So glad to have had this group to help me navigate the ups and downs
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Oh. I was under the impression you had arthroscopy to clear out scar tissue. My RO motion is pretty good but I've got painful clunking and soft tissue catching around my kneecap.