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TKR redo 4 months after initial surgery

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My surgeon told (required) me to be a couch potato for five weeks to let the bones grow around the implant. I reluctantly did that and my hip came out perfectly. No pain post surgery and no pain almost three years out.

Did your surgeon tell you that and did you do that? This advice was based on my implant being cementless. I would ignore this reply and that of @shandra if yours was cemented.

Repairing or redoing an implant is called "a revision". Not all hip surgeons do revisions and of those who do, not all are great. But, some are.

I would not go back to your original surgeon. I would seek out a star revision surgeon even if that meant having to travel to another state or city (assuming you are in the USA). Do a ton of research to find them and then a ton of research to find the good ones.

For example mine is a revision surgeon (he says approximately 20% of his work is revisions) and I think he is a superstar. He did my left hip and I had no pain. He just (yesterday) did a total replacement of my right knee and so far that also appears superb ( I gave him a target of getting me back on the golf course a month after the surgery; I think he is going to overachieve that target). There are other stars out there and, obviously, it is best if you have one in your location.

So sorry about your troubles and good luck.

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@steveinarizona so why are you ignoring my reply ? Your comment is confusing