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Scar tissue after knee replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Apr 22 9:03am | Replies (1521)

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@damewocane

Thanks JK-along with everything we are all going through, I haven't had the heart to comment, but now can reply. The ablation did not work, in fact it introduced more pain . I have been barely managing and then one month ago, the surgeon suggested one more shot, which was hellish and left my knee bruised and angry. The last shot was that he suggested a synovial ganglion implant and I ran. When will this suffering end... i've lost so much. Last resort, new surgeon suggests metal allergy test-which will be $400+ out of pocket as insurance doesn't cover it. The idea being that if it was so then a new total new knee replacement w/o said allerg yinducing components would -perhaps be a remedy. Any one else ?

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@damewocane I'm sorry that the ablation did not work, that must have been discouraging, particularly since you were in greater pain afterward.
When you say a "synovial ganglion implant" that sounds like more than a shot, is it? I had synovial shots prior to my TKRs and they did help. There are a couple of brands but I found that Synvisc seemed to work best for me, although that could just have been a coincidence, perhaps the doctor or PA administering the shot of the other brand didn't do as good a job.

Certainly, I would not do another TKR without having the allergy testing, it could be fruitless if that's the problem. Is your flex still very low too?
JK