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When does the pain end or lighten up after total knee replacement?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 11, 2025 | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
@steveinarizona
I wouldn't want a surgeon to do this, "the Jiffy knee cut produces less pain but his cut is designed so that if he or anyone else has to go back in, he left a road.".
If he believes that another surgeon would likely see the need to go back in the knee, then that's a huge problem I would have with Chow.
Just my opinion
Replies to "@steveinarizona I wouldn't want a surgeon to do this, "the Jiffy knee cut produces less pain..."
My last comment and I am going to leave this issue alone. My surgeon is a revision surgeon...he spends about 20% of his surgery time on revising other surgeons' work. So he is thinking ahead...just in case.
I am sitting here typing on my computer on the 8th day post surgery and the only pain I get is when I try to flex beyond what I currently can do. Go ahead and find someone else...I will stick with the best hip/knee surgeon around. I wouldn't have trusted any other surgeon to do a bicruciate retaining implant like Chow did.
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@cyndi2013
The bell curve rule operates on TKRs as well:
No matter how good the surgery, bad things can happen. My research was designed to maximize the probability of a good outcome but one can't guarantee it. An implant can wear out, the patella can separate, the spacer can separate, etc.
IMO an excellent physician anticipates the worst as well as the best and plans around it. But go ahead and find someone who thinks that all his surgeries come out perfectly. I don't want that delusional surgeon.