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Scar tissue after knee replacement
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I had TKR of my left knee in October 2019. I had a raised scar after about 4 months which I was told is a keloid. I have an appointment coming up soon with a dermatologist and my surgeon told me that I will need to take a cortisone injection. I cannot bend the knee not even to 90 degrees. It is like 86 degrees. I also still have a pain on the right side of the left knee where the artificial knee is put. I also get a pain behind the knee. I tried home remedies but has not helped the scar much. I did PT for 6 weeks and I was also doing exercises at home. On May 20, 2020 I had TKR of my right knee and I am afraid that I am starting to develop scar tissue as the area around the scar is becoming hard. I still go for PT. I am getting the same kind of pain as the left knee behind the right knee too. The surgeon took X'rays of both knees and says there is nothing wrong. Any suggestions to fix the scar and pain behind the knees.
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@jnoronha @johnbishop I have had two TKRs and not had a scar tissue problem or perhaps a very small one.
I have not been able to get my flex to more than 120 + or -. My orthopedist said he could do a Lysis treatment which is an outpatient procedure to take out scar tissue if I wanted to get a little more flex. I am not sure though if the problem is from scar tissue of if I just didn't do enough PT at home so I decided what I have is functional enough. I didn't dread the surgery as much as the recovery afterward. Your flex is much lower though so you should ask your orthopedist about that.
I have never heard of cortisone injections after TKRs but perhaps they do use them to treat your type of problem. I had them numerous times prior to my surgeries.
If your pain continues you may want to consider a second opinion from a highly regarded orthopedist. If you do choose to do that make sure you get one who is very well rated. Generally, the best are at the large university associated medical centers or other large hospitals in the city but there are some that are more local too. I live in southern NH and there are a couple of orthopedists up here that have had phenomenal success and are very highly regarded, both in different cities from where I live. I do go to Boston for most of my care, either at Mass General, or at Brigham and Women's which is now affiliated with Mass General. My orthopedist is there.
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@jnoronha do you still have swelling with the TKR of your right knee done this past May?