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Truth about Total Knee Replacements

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

Wow! such valuable information. I wish I knew then what I know now and how complicated the knee joint is and how tkr can affect your quality of life for the 6-10% of unhappy tkr recipients.

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Oct 9 6:21pm

Tongue firmly in cheek, but thank you.

As for the person who had no follow up visits scheduled with the surgeon - he/she should have seen that as a glaring red flag and found a different surgeon. I can't think of a bigger warning sign.

I think it is pretty accurate to say that about 6-10% of people who get TKRs will be unhappy with their outcomes (and yes, there are bad surgeons and real reasons to be unhappy). I'm also certain 100% of those unhappy people post on this forum.

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cathymw | @cathymw | Oct 10 9:26am

I’m thinking the stats are higher than that. Who reports their bad outcomes?

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