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Scar tissue after knee replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 10 8:31am | Replies (1550)

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@shadaruiz

I had a partial knee replacement done 10 years ageand it has been fine. I’m a dancer and have actively danced on it from 8 weeks post surgery. I had a partial done on my other knee in May and had nothing but issues with it. It continued to be painful and when I had my first tele-visit follow-up at 3 weeks they said oh you’re still in the 12 Wk post op period, it will get better. PT kept saying they could feel scar tissue and continued to try to break it up. At 15 weeks I requested an in person visit with the surgeon. He took X-rays and said everything was aligned and looked fine maybe my body just needed more time to feel better. I had great range of motion so it wasn’t scar tissue but still felt pain in the joint. I saw my regular orthopedist for other issues and mentioned it to him. He took more xrays and said I had bone spurs on the patella. He recommended that I get them removed. He went in arthroscopically and removed a large bone spur and scar tissue along the incision line where I had been saying it hurt to stand or walk. That day after surgery it didn’t hurt to stand. Within 4 days I was able to walk and stand without joint pain and was up to 85 on the CPM. I can’t even explain how relieved I am. Yes there is some minor surgery pain but nothing like what I was feeling.

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As a follow up I went back to ballet class 8 weeks after the arthroscopic surgery and was weak but had no pain. I’m so thankful I had my regular Orthopaedic surgeon to assess and fix the issues.