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Scar tissue after knee replacement
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Hi there .... yes, I've had scar tissue develop also. It developed slowly over time, but by the time I hit the 1 year mark, my surgeon went in - arthroscopically - and cleaned it up. But, it never was right, and in another year I had to have a revision - a totally new replacement. Since then, my knee could not be any better. I don't know why this happens to some and not to others ... but after several other options had been tried, including the arthroscopic surgery, I opted to just do the revision .... I'm glad I did.
abby
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Hello amberpep, I hope you don't mind but I have a couple questions because I'm having serious scar tissue problems and may need another replacement. So are you saying that you had scar tissue build-up after your first replacement but then no scar tissue build-up after your second replacement? Also, did you notice improvement after the arthroscopy? And why was it that they/you decided to have a second replacement? Thanks for helping, Dave
Who did your arthroscopic surgery? I am in a similar situation but do not want revision for first option.
A revision is basically having the initial knee replacement parts removed and new ones put in? What made that necessary? I’m having heaviness and tightness issues in both knees and considering a cleaning out of the scar tissue. I’ve had one MUA on one knee while under getting the second knee replaced. But the free movement only lasted about 6 weeks before it started tightening up again.
When you say revision do you mean a new replacement?
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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What is a revision and what do they do?