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Truth about Total Knee Replacements

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 26 1:17pm | Replies (126)
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@michellemu1992

Well I was a lucky one. But after 40 years of 1 knee replacement and a revision. I’m looking at more surgery and it’s not good either a knee replacement which the doctor will take out the artificial knee and let the bones heal for four months or longer or I can have it fused or amputated so there are my options for having a knee for 40 years of good luck now I have to figure out what to do.

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ouch89 | @ouch89 | Oct 23 10:29am

I appreciate the difficulty in your decision making especially with hyped up stats from TKR institutions. Not one of my Ortho's, including a revision, have ever discussed risk. How often have we read "good as new," only to discover "not so." My life experience and communications with other TKR recipients agrees with Jeffrey Peng MD, go to YouTube, that 1 in 4 people are not satisfied with their TKR. The good news is that knowledge in knee replacement and procedures have greatly advanced. Your challenge will be finding the right combination, best wishes.

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