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It has been over 2 years since my total knee replacement and I have had nothing but trouble with it. It has been deemed a failed surgery with pain which still wakes me up at night, swelling, and clicking or popping in and around the implant. Within the next 2 weeks, I will be seeing the knee surgeon and will BEG him to order an MRI of the knee. By the way, my original surgeon retired since the surgery and passed me along to a "fresh set of eyes" as he said before he dumped me. The popping and snapping of the joint is getting worse.
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@lmc I was taken by your "BEG him to order an MRI." During my eight year experience with knee pain following a TKR and a revision I have had every exam from x-rays to bone scans but never an MRI. I've requested an MRI of many different Orthos during this period and always denied with some vaque reasoning. I don't know why there's a reluctance to obtain any additional information that may explain our pain.
@lmc Your OEM surgeon apparently wasn't very good. Why would you trust his referral?
Go find a new revision surgeon...a great one. Someone with great experience, a great mind and great hands. If you have some doctors you trust, ask them who they use for their personal family. Even if they are in a completely different field, the medical community in most cities is not that large and they know who the great ones are and who are the ones to avoid.
Good luck!
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Have you done the spacer change yet? Yeah same my second knee done by a different surgeon went well. First one was issues early on and it’s been a nightmare. I just had spacer change from 7mm to 14mm 3 weeks po so we will see once everyth8ng settles. It has affected my foot since I was walking around so long with this messed up unstable knee.