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I'm having it done in a couple months but it's more for Patellar Clunk syndrome. While he's in there cleaning that up he will also take care of adhesions in other areas. But he says reopening the original incision (open arthrotomy) is the better way to go because he gets a much better view (obviously) than what the tiny keyhole views you get trying to do it arthroscopically. Plus it reduces the chance of damaging the prosthetics. I had TKR 7.5 mis ago and he's having me wait until I'm 9 mos post-op to give my knee a chance to fully heal and get stronger prior to surgery. I've been dealing with this uncomfortable clunking with each bend if the knee which is such a gross and unnatural sensation. I'm hoping by that time I will learn to live with it and won't be eager to have surgery but I would love the miracle of waking up from surgery to finally have a smooth glide. I also have the painful adhesions in the area where the vastus oblique muscle was cut through to gain access to the capsule to do the TKR which limits my ROM but I do have 120 to 130 but I'd love to have more if that would be possible after surgery but my main goal is to get rid of the clunk. Ugh!