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Scar tissue after knee replacement
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Yes my first 22 months ago was a nightmare I couldn’t bend past 50 bad extension. And had MUA. Right after that it just felt wonky and really has from day 1. It took a long while after that to get to 113. Now having a revision with different surgeon next month. New surgeon did my second and I had no issues I could bend past 90 out of surgery and extension wasn’t too bad though brought to 0 after surgery. Second surgeon said my knee felt loose. I think first doctor did something wrong I’m not buying the whole scar tissue thing p. It does bend to 120 it feels like pulling shifting or some kind of overhang constant popping. It’s either not aligned correctly or wrong size spacer in there. It’s been unstable from the very beginning
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@ginger9708 I had similar experience. I had TKR in September 2024 and MUA in November 2024.
I had several PT sessions and was finally told they couldn’t keep going as I wasn’t progressing. I was 20 Degrees on extension and only 85 degrees on flexion. My original surgeon said to wait a year. At a year he told me to wait at least 18 months.
My primary doctor referred me to another surgeon at a completely different hospital. They immediately scheduled me to a revision. I had this on October 2025.
The surgery took 5 hours as he said I had total failure of the implant. He had to remove more bone after getting the old implant out. He also debrided the whole area removing a large amount of scar tissue.
He drilled into my tibia and out a post in the bone, cemented on a cone and then attached the implant. He said I had total failure of in original implant and it was a difficult surgery.
Now, almost 4 weeks out I am fully extended and have a 100 degree bend. The goal is 105 by 6 weeks and I’m confident I will exceed this.
My experience is very positive and wish I had the revision sooner. Getting the right surgeon is the most important thing!