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Lateral Approach Total Knee Replacement

Posted by ouch89 @ouch89, Nov 6, 2024

I accompanied my wife for an Orthopedist consulatation at AOS (Advanced Ortho & Spine) for her bone on bone discomfort. They promote a New Era in Knee Replacement with Side Incision, claiming less pain and faster recovery with no muscle cutting. We reviewed patients on video walking naturally with no limping post two weeks TKR along with their testimony. I have had three traditional (vertical incision over the front of the knee) TKR surgeries, one being a revision, with the usual painful long term recovery.
Has anyone had this side incision procedure and will you share your pro/con experience. Thank you

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trimomlewis | @trimomlewis | Feb 15 6:03am
In reply to @catheem "I'm sure I've said this before, but I have had two respected knee surgeons tell me..." + (show)
@catheem

I'm sure I've said this before, but I have had two respected knee surgeons tell me to wait as long as I can before having a TKR because there are so many new and innovating treatments coming to help with recovery. I just had a pin placed in my hand/finger due to an injury...this 'pin' will dissolve after helping to heal a torn cartilage..when I had this same surgery years ago in another part of my hand, I had to go back in for surgery to remove the pin...that is just a sample of 'progress'...

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My surgeon told me the same thing. “Wait. Wait. Wait.”

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lachenmaier | @lachenmaier | Mar 4 4:09pm

I have a friend who her knee replaced in Mammoth, CA by Dr. Karch. He did a Jiffy replacement using the Velys robot and the Attune knee system. Can anybody enlighten me about these system, who uses it, and whether the outcomes were good or bad. I found only one other Velys robot in southern California at Glendale hospital and I could get no information on what surgeons used it and patient outcomes.

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jlhunt1022 | @jlhunt1022 | Mar 8 7:02pm
In reply to @catheem "I'm sure I've said this before, but I have had two respected knee surgeons tell me..." + (show)
@catheem

I'm sure I've said this before, but I have had two respected knee surgeons tell me to wait as long as I can before having a TKR because there are so many new and innovating treatments coming to help with recovery. I just had a pin placed in my hand/finger due to an injury...this 'pin' will dissolve after helping to heal a torn cartilage..when I had this same surgery years ago in another part of my hand, I had to go back in for surgery to remove the pin...that is just a sample of 'progress'...

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Since you mentioned hand issues.. I have arthritis in both hands; have been advised by several surgeons to get carpal tunnel surgery. Never did and turns out I have a pinched nerve at the base of my neck and is causing numbness in both hands, thumb, first and index fingers. No problem but finger joints are knobby and fingers twisting. Lately severe pain in left hand at night; looking for natural options.
I don't know where to post this but I went to a Chinese lady (don't do needles for acupuncture) but she mixed up a concoction in a bowl, cut small strips of gauze and pasted the concoction on the gauze strips and wrapped my right-hand first finger with them.
Waited 1.5 days and came back to have them removed by her and my finger (the ONLY one of 10) is straight as an arrow and has remained that way for 2 years.
I can't get her to do it anymore and wondering if anyone has heard of this. Truly amazing.
Interesting on the dissolving pin ... so far I'm 80 and have avoided injury and surgeries until falling on the ice last March - now everyone wants me to have TKR.
Thanks...

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