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Lateral Approach Total Knee Replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Aug 11 8:45am | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
Hello @ouch89. The lateral approach knee replacement seems like a relatively new approach. It is difficult to find a bunch of literature on this approach, unlike the abundance of traditional knee replacements like you have undergone.
@ouch89, when your wife's provider was discussing this approach, did they talk about success rate vs. the traditional anterior approach?
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I m five weeks out from a lateral TKR. I was walking normally after 2-3 weeks. The next two weeks showed amazing progress. I expect to be back to playing golf by week 6.
One reason I went the lateral route is that at least five people in my 55+ community went this way and had amazing success. Even people in their 80s were walking well after three weeks.